There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.

I'm very happy with this new record. It's dealing with different aspects of love-it's me making a statement about people doing something with their lives. It is about caring for others.

I quit high school on my birthday. It was my senior year and I didn't see the point. This was 1962, and I was ready to make music.

When a man's making love, the last thing he thinks about is war.

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.

Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.

I didn't mind working in the clubs, but I resented it being a club where pimps hang out. Because the music that I create is of a higher intellect than that. It not only encompasses pimps, but whores, ballplayers, executives... everybody.