"Nobody embodies more fully the connection between the African-American spiritual, the blues, R. & B., rock and roll — the way that hardship and sorrow were transformed into something full of beauty and vitality and hope," he continued. "That’s why, when she sits down at a piano and sings ‘A Natural Woman,’ she can move me to tears — the same way that Ray Charles’s version of ‘America the Beautiful’ will always be in my view the most patriotic piece of music ever performed — because it captures the fullness of the American experience, the view from the bottom as well as the top, the good and the bad, and the possibility of synthesis, reconciliation, transcendence.”Let us slide into your DMs.Sign up for theTeen Voguedaily emailWant more fromTeen Vogue? Check this out: Comey, who declined, reportedly informed associates of the meeting (a one-on-one dinner) shortly after it took place. Trumpdeniedthe account. "You voted for a person who built an 18-month campaign off the back of your hatred," she wrote, adding that "He manipulated ALL of you with such ease by speaking to the darker parts of you that had started to feel ashamed about the way you viewed the 'politically correct' world. He became your champion, because he spoke to the parts of you that think you are superior to the rest of us (just like Hitler did in Germany before the Holocaust! Just read his autobiography:Mein Kampf Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov appeared on Russian state TV to condemn Obama’s actions, but Putinannounced