A big part of the Motown formula was, they took music and turned it into this sort of automotive assembly line. They were cranking out 10 songs a day in that studio, or more.

I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships.

I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain.

Barry White is my musical hero. He was the guy who you danced to in the club and then when you took your lady home to the bedroom, you listened to him there, too! That's who I always wanted to be - the guy who was always there.

I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.

I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor?

Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit.