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

Everybody has their own soul.

As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this.

If I just gave you a piece of paper with the lyrics written down on it, it would mean something to you. It would tell you a story.

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

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

Beethoven was just music, and it didn't matter if he could hear it or not - he could feel it. He could hear it in his mind. He could write it down hearing it in his mind. He was just music. Yeah, he's one of my favorite writers of all times.