Take it off, baby, take it all off. I want you the way you came into the world.

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.

Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.

I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said 'Good morning' to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.'

I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound and knowing the music business the way I do - all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.