Originally I was not writing songs for myself

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.

It keeps him happy, Dahlaine, and happy people are nicer than gloomy ones. Haven't you noticed that before?

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

In His mercy, God gives us the level of revelation that our character is prepared to handle.

My work throughout my life is always representative of the time we live in. It's all about keeping it in order and keeping it in gear.

Green Day was more of the influence than Blink.

The messiness cannot go into the program; it piles up around the programmer.

I was never trying, necessarily, to be an outlaw. It was just the place in which I found myself.

Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity that enables you to be present for the good stuff.

If we believe in a theology that doesn't contain doing the works of Jesus, we will not have a practice of Signs & Wonders.

I tend to look for a great script.