Just like Pagliacci did, I try to keep my surface hid. Smiling in the crowd I try, but in a lonely room I cry.

People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.

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.

A taste of honey is worse than none at all.

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

I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots

We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves