I'm never tired of going to the studio. I enjoy recording and documenting everything and trying new things.

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

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.

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.

Women have broken through the glass ceiling, and they're now more and more in the power seats.

Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!

I don't feel one's personal medical condition is everybody's business. It just isn't something you advertise, and it's not open to discussion.