Pretty girls come a dime a dozen, try to find one who's gonna give you true loving.

I've never been to rehab, I've never been to psychotherapy or the doctor or anything like that. I went to a church and I was prayed for, and I've always had a great relationship with God.

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.

One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth

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.

Mistakes, I know I've made a few. But I'm only human, you've made mistakes, too.

The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to admit they grew up listening to black music.