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

Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day

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

As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.

If you feel like loving me, if you've got the notion, I second that emotion.

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.

Songwriting is my gift from God

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

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

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

If the universe is made of information then, we are moving from a state of profound truth to a state of meaningless gibberish.

Change is coming, she whispered to the bugs bouncing off her window. You can’t escape it.

Above all, always see Jesus in every person, and consequently treat each one not only as an equal and as a brother or sister, but also with great humility, respect and selfless generosity.

Miami is one of the great cultural melting pots in the world. I love working and living here.

You see, I don't know how to ride a motorcycle, actually.

Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another.

The idea of making [conceptual] art was not a good way to approach things... Instead I saw myself as trying to make something that my relatives could understand.

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

Men had better be without education than be educated by their rulers.

When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise.