Judy Garland is a singer with a capital S. And talk about soul. This woman was soul personified. Judy Garland is a class by herself.

I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.

The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.

...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso

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 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 love to sing. It's just a natural thing for me.