If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody's supposed to respect you?

Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home.

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.

You're a no good heartbreaker, you're a liar, and you're a cheat. I don't know why I let you do these things to me.

I'm a big woman. I need big hair.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what youre doing. If youre not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

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