At a service, in Los Angeles, Rev. Al Sharpton, speaking Sunday at Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles, said of Houston, “You could feel her as well as you could hear her. Lots of artists can hit notes, but they don’t hit us … (there was) something about Whitney that would reach in you and make you feel.”
He cautioned churchgoers not to judge Houston. “Before you condemn Whitney Houston, realize that all of us have been through ups and downs,” he said. “But great people are different than just good people. Good people are people who can go up. Great people are people who can go up and fall down and get back up again.”