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

Politics are not my arena. Music is.

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.

Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It's transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It's uplifting, it's encouraging, it's strengthening.

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