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

Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.

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

Put your trust in me, let this love be. This is for real, let time stand still.

Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me

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.