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

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

Call in the Caped Crusader, Green Hornet, Kato, too. I'm in so much trouble I don't know what to do.

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.

Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.

When God loves you, what can be better than that?

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