Put your hands on your hip, let your back bone slip. Do the Watusi, like my little Lucy.

Soul ain't nothing but a feeling.

I used to always have a pretty high, little clear voice, but as I got older, I got a little cornbread in it.

First you harmonize, then you customize.

I'd start to sing, and the record would start skipping. You'd be skipping along with it. Those were the days, my friend. We'd look so stupid, but the kids loved it.

I'm going to wait til the midnight hour, that's when my love begins to shine.

Berry Gordy believed in owning the artist for life and controlling everything: the money, the station wagons, everything.

Don't say negative things about your spouse and children.

Whenever you can call your enemy and tell him that you truly love him with compassion, then you are practicing the power of true love.

You bless my heart the only way you can bless the world as well ..... Just by existing you make me the happiest woman alive.

Letting go takes a lot of courage sometimes. But once you let go, happiness comes very quickly. You won't have to go around search for it.

I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.

I think we need to de-center the idea of US sovereignty.

Everybody brings their personality to any position, and that's true for presidents like anyone else.

A good rule of conversation is never answer a foolish question.

I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done.

I love being creative in all forms