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.

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

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

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

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

My uncle Claude was my favorite uncle he was also my godfather. He and I were really, really close. He used to take me to see cowboy movies all the time when I was a little boy because I loved cowboy movies. He got a cowboy name for me, which was Smokey Joe. So from the time I was three years old if people asked me what my name was I didn't tell them my name was William, I told them my name was Smokey Joe.

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.