Michael (Jackson) was so shy, he'd sit down and sing behind the couch with his back to me while I sat with my hands over my eyes-and the lights off..

I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster wo….

My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door..

I was the most subtle person in the world..

If I don't have a mother, I'll let music be my mother..

I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it..

Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended. My family problems d….

The process is the most beautiful part..

My son is a hip-hop producer..

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind..

Communications are making this one world. Back in the day, 400-500 years ago, nobody knew what anyone else was doing. It's on the 6 O'Clock news now.….

I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to know about e….

Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra..

I'm just a musician and a record producer..

Prince.. a true artist in every sense of the world.Gone way too soon..

When you're over the hill, that's when you pick up speed..

I go to the favelas in Brazil. It's the same in the South Side of Chicago. It's the same, or just more violent. We're trying to get them to stop sell….

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk..

We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now….

Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable..

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing..