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

Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential.

There's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sadder than, the tears of a clown when noones around.

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

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

The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures.

A taste of honey is worse than none at all.