Though you treat me badly, I love you madly.

There's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sadder than, the tears of a clown when noones around.

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

My philosophy on writing a song for myself is that I always, always, always want to write a song. I always want to write a song. I realize that as a record producer or a singer or whatever I might not, if I recorded on myself or someone else, the first time out I might not give it the right treatment, so that the world or many people will accept it and it'll be a public hit, or anything like that.

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.

I will bring you a flower from the floor of the sea to wear in your hair.

We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.