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

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.

She may be cute, but she's just a substitute.

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

I will build you a castle with a tower so high it reaches the moon.

Without you hearing a melody or music or anything like that, it would say something to you. So, that's what a song is to me. Now, you have a lot of songs that come out, and the beat carries them over there, because of the beat, and because of some other factors and so on and so forth. But I want mine to be a song, if you read it, it's going to mean something to you.

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