Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.

It's so glamorous, you have to see it." (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)

I know people I feel are extremely talented, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard any geniuses.

I saw the Supremes when they were still singing in little black skirts and white blouses.

Better friends than lovers. Sugar can't you see? You need you and I really need me.

And I was booked once to go on 'Ed Sullivan' and I got bumped and ran out the back door crying.

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.