It kills me to see people think that, show business is sex, drugs and rock and roll. And I have what you call a meet and greet. I do it before the show. But when I was doing it after the show especially, there would be people who would come back and said, OK, Smoke, where's the party?

I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots

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

I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the history of music

You know what, life is full of temptations

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 is nothing that means more to a woman than a love she can count on.