"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: The multiday event kicked off on Thursday night with a YouTube Live performance that was a countdown to the midnight release ofWitness In case you've forgotten (or maybe weren't born), Céline was the angelic voice (along with Peabo Bryson) behind the 1991 version of "Beauty and the Beast." But instead of lending her talents to the title track — that honor is now going toAriana GrandeandJohn Legend Then-candidate Trump entered in the ring of those suspicionsby tweeting