Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.

Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home. Offstage, it was a different situation. I was still shy offstage.

I don't think you can recreate anything from the past. You can not do it. If you're going to go out and imitate a Motown sound, you can't do it, it's impossible because of the studios and players involved and the atmosphere.

And these [pharmaceutical] companies are still threatening to sue. And it's like, you know, do you not have a conscience? Do you not want the world to be a better place? You're still making a profit. How much more of a profit do you want to make?

If you don't understand hip-hop, you just have to see it being recorded.

The ugliest woman you'll ever meet, but she's mine and she's ugly.

Tina Turner gave me the highway blues.