Hickory dickory dock, I just want to be your clock. Just set me for a lifetime, and I'll wake you up every morning.

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.

Yoga is not just repetation of few postures - it is more about the exploration and discovery of the subtle energies of life.

So love is about finding the right person to hurt you?”“Pretty much.

We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow.

The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have it.

I am of use to the younger artists through the advice and criticism which I give them.

Ah, that we lack the courage of our romantic convictions; and thereby miss the wine of life, forgoing the very thing that makes living worthwhile.

Socially, I never belonged to any class, rich or poor. To the rich I was poor, and to the poor I was poor pretending to be like the rich.

If love can not keep you together, nothing else can keep you together. And if

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

As you head toward your goals, be prepared to make some slight adjustments to your course. You don't change your decision to go - you do change your direction to get there.