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

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.

Be a learning machine. What made you money last year, won't necessarily make you money this and next year.

I found out I was pregnant seven days after my wedding. I was on honeymoon with my family.

Those who deny human-caused climate change offer no compelling evidence to better explain the undeniable rise in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and global temperature.

God's Word will never fall into disrepair. But here's what happens when we don't travel on it: We fall into disrepair!

The killer bees have gone, like rats deserting the Titanic.

Rights might be universal but their enforcement must be local.

War is ninety percent information.

As I lay me down to sleep, this I pray. That you will hold me, dear. Though I'm far away, I whisper your name into the sky. And I will wake up happy.

But I like to be thought of as a good father and a good husband.

We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it.