and just, you know, made us feel like -- like strong and capable and loved and just like, hey, mima.he sent me an angel, i don't want to feel like a dove with no wings ♪ ♪ and i don't want to know what a heart of stone would bring ♪ ♪ that's a lonely road to travel and a heavy load to bear ♪ ♪ and it's a long, long way to heaven but i got to get there ♪ ♪ cuz whitney's an angel, see she is an angel ♪ ♪ and she is an angel, oh, yeah, she is an angel ♪ ♪ and oh, we're never going to forget you, no, no ♪ ♪ we're never going to forget what you done for us, no, no ♪ >> you wait for a voice like that for a lifetime. you wait for a face like that, a smile like that, a presence like that for a lifetime. and when one person embodies it all, well, it takes your breath away. and that's the way i felt in 1983 when in the middle of your act at sweet water, cissy, your daughter stepped forward and shattered me with her version of "the greatest love of all." and that night we connected and we connected with each other every night thereafter. i thought of that just this past week when whitney and i