R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.

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

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

Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.

Yes, I've always been fashion conscious.

R&B is not a fad; it's the truth.

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.