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?

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.

Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

How fast does a zebra have to run before it looks gray.

Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow. Nothing endures but change.

What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering?

Good-breeding carries along with it a dignity that is respected by the most petulant. Ill-breeding invites and authorizes the familiarity of the most timid.

People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral.

Men and women in their mutual attraction are driven to the very emptiness they are trying to avoid.

Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.

We were very clear that this film's [Young Adam] so much about a relationship that's borne out through the sexual contact, and that that's the way they communicate.