I still perform because it's a necessity for my innards. And those songs, some of those songs, I have sung, I don't know how many thousands of times. And I promise you, every single solitary night, they're new to me. They are brand-new to me that night.

There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played

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

Put your trust in me, let this love be. This is for real, let time stand still.

If some of those people who wanted to ban Beethoven's music could hear the music that's being played today, wow, what would they do, man?

Everybody has their own soul.

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