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.

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.

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

I like Beyonce's music - some of it, not all of it.

I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.

I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey - like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.

I'm never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.