【モーリス・ホワイト追悼コメント】　オバマ大統領、ベット・ミドラー、ウータン・クラン、クエストラヴ、ブッカー・T・ジョーンズほか

●オバマ大統領
ミシェルと私は、モーリス・ホワイト氏の訃報を聞き悲しみにくれています。アース・ウインド&ファイアーとモーリスは、ジャズ、ソウル、ファンクとR&Bを融合させることでアメリカらしいサウンドを作り上げ、世界中で何百万人ものファンを獲得しました。彼らのプレイリストは時代を超越し、今でも誕生日パーティーやバーベキュー、結婚式、久しぶりの家族の再会などあらゆる場面で我々を一つにしてくれます。そんな人々を惹きつけてやまない洗練された歌を作ることができたのはモーリスしかいません。あらゆる世代の多様なアーティストたちに刺激を与えることができたのは彼だけです。そしてグルーヴの力で、老いも若きも、黒人も白人も、すべての人をダンスフロアに誘えたのは彼だけです。私たちの想いと祈りはモーリスのご家族や友人、バンドの仲間と共にあります。今夜、彼は天国で輝く星（シャイニング・スター）です。

Rest well master Maurice White. Your work was well done & you earned & deserve eternal peace. With all my love Ceelo pic.twitter.com/gOPcmQw000

— CeeLo Green (@CeeLoGreen) 2016, 2月 5

#MauriceWhite. King. Genius. Leader. Teacher. Producer. Arranger. Writer. Multi-instrumentalist.… https://t.co/Ps4PyaKDKo

— Lenny Kravitz (@LennyKravitz) 2016, 2月 5

Maurice White. I listened to you ever single day at my mothers hair salon, & I didn't understand what you made me feel, but you were a hero.

— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) 2016, 2月 5

RIP MAURICE WHITE .LOVE & BLESSINGS TO HIM AND THE FAMILY . EARTH WIND AND FIRE ..ANOTHER SHINING STAR GONE TO BOOGIE WONDERLAND .

— Wu Tang Clan (@WuTangClan) 2016, 2月 4

R.I.P. Maurice... Yet another beautifully talented soul leaves us.
I can't keep up.. Prayers to his Family & Friends https://t.co/DzcpUAYmtl

— Julian Lennon (@JulianLennon) 2016, 2月 5

Stop taking out music legends please I can't take it! Maurice White R.I.P. https://t.co/cPkmvpBTwm

— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) 2016, 2月 5

Maurice White, founding member of Earth, Wind and Fire, has died. Great music, energy, great spirit. The Lord must need a band up there.

— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) 2016, 2月 5

T H A N K Y O U! May god bless the soul of the great Maurice White. pic.twitter.com/zp1ycVKlN8

— COMMON (@common) 2016, 2月 5

I am shocked. What a tragic loss. RIP Maurice White. https://t.co/HwCu83FeA0

— Dave Mustaine (@DaveMustaine) 2016, 2月 5

Thoughts & prayers with the family of our dear brother Maurice White. Your contributions to music will be kept in our hearts & souls 4ever.

— Quincy Jones (@QuincyDJones) 2016, 2月 5

I just heard about the passing of the great @MauriceWhiteEWF - #RIP my soulful brother-You're one of the most amazing innovators of all time

— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) 2016, 2月 4

My Deepest Sympathy to Earth, Wind, & Fire. RIP Maurice White - My first musical buddy.

— Booker T. Jones (@BookerTJones) 2016, 2月 5

Thank You Maurice White for the Gift of Your Music! ??????????????????!

— Queen Latifah (@IAMQUEENLATIFAH) 2016, 2月 5

Maurice was our cheerleader.....i swear to god I did about 7 drafts and erased it. Look. I just really wanna thank him and thank all the members of #EWF shining that light brighter. You know how hard it is to present Afrocentric Jazz & spiritual positivity in the face of what we had to deal with in the 70s? When times were hard sometimes the only release you had was music. & if it wasn't Stevie, you were reaching for your #EarthWindAndFire albums. I would get so lost in those records man. Just lose myself. Fav logo ever. The interludes (specially the One after "All Bout Love" ("Steph") id "pause tape" that minute interlude for 45 mins on cassette---that alone would put me in a positive trance to face another day selling insurance to pay for the Roots demo.--seriously it was either that tape or drugs to ease my mind---I chose the music)--but if you really look at it ----it's limiting to say #EWF was our black Floyd or the Black Beatles to Pfunk's Stones---look I'm rambling---I just got done work, working on 3 projects and getting ready for #BowlTrain ---but this really hurts man. Maurice really truly made African art so sophisticated & beautiful. ---I feel like erasing this and starting again but you know where my heart is. #MauriceWhite

Questlove Gomezさん(@questlove)が投稿した写真 - 2016 2月 4 4:27午後 PST