I'm always looking for just the right song that has something to say.

I used to tell myself when I was much younger that I didn't want to wake up one day and be 32 years old and still playing records. It's just not going to happen. Well, the joke is on me, because I'm 56 years old now.

I think dancing is one of the best things anyone can do for themselves. And it doesn't cost anything.

The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished

Timing is everything. It is not so much about who you know, especially now with the Internet, because anybody can become a superstar overnight.

I'm a lot more sensitive about music, I think, than most other guys in this particular side of the business. Most of them are beat crazy and beat heavy. I'm more melody. I'm more musical than most of the other ones.

There are two people that probably influenced me more than anybody out of all the artists out here: that's Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.