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Beyonce speaks about how her mother and daughter have inspired her._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 14, 2015 9:38 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 14, 2015 9:38 PM UTC If you’ve got the support of Queen Bey, you’ve basically got the entire election on lock, right? On Wednesday night, Beyoncé supported Hillary Clinton by attending her fundraiser event in New York City, Bloomberg [reports](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-13/from-listening-tour-to-fundraising-frenzy-manhattan-moguls-embrace-hillary-clinton). A Beyoncé fan account tweeted the following photo: > [](https://twitter.com/TheBeyHiveTeam/status/598625905645264896) Other high-profile attendees included Sharon Osbourne, Meghan Trainor and Epic Records CEO LA Reid, who hosted the event. Each attendee was expected to give $2,700, leaving Clinton with some $1.1\. million. Money’s great and all, but once you’ve got the support of the Queen, that’s kind of all you need. ## Transcript [00:00] I [00:04] feel like my mother my, my daughter have been [00:07] probably the most influential. And being a mother, [00:11] becoming a mother and looking at my daughter and [00:14] her eyes made me into a woman, and made me very, [00:17] very strong. [ MUSIC ] [00:26] Shooting for Time Magazine was definitely one of the [00:29] goals in my life. It's something important for me as an [00:33] artist, because it's not about fashion or, or beauty or, [00:36] or music. It's, it's about the influence I've had on [00:39] culture and to be amongst the other influential people [00:43] is a huge honor for me. 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