I love hearing my music, I love hearing it by other people. I hope it will always be played.

One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth

As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.

If I hear one of my songs by anybody, it's a dream come true every time for me as a songwriter, because I want to write a song, I want to write a song that the world can sing and will always sing.

Beethoven was just music, and it didn't matter if he could hear it or not - he could feel it. He could hear it in his mind. He could write it down hearing it in his mind. He was just music. Yeah, he's one of my favorite writers of all times.

You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it.

Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots