The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to admit they grew up listening to black music.

There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played

That's what love is made of, snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, sugar, spice, and everything nice.

I remember my first check that I got for a thousand dollars, and where I grew up, I never thought I'd have a thousand dollars at one time.

You know what, life is full of temptations

Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist

I still perform because it's a necessity for my innards. And those songs, some of those songs, I have sung, I don't know how many thousands of times. And I promise you, every single solitary night, they're new to me. They are brand-new to me that night.