Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.

And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.

Women hear rhythm differently than men.

Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things.

[Commercial radio] is owned by one or two corporations now, and they're not in the music business. They're in the advertising business.... So let's not kid ourselves. If you want to hear music, go buy a guitar.

And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent friends instead of these comedians.

You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs.