My uncle Claude was my favorite uncle he was also my godfather. He and I were really, really close. He used to take me to see cowboy movies all the t….

A taste of honey is worse than none at all..

You know what, life is full of temptations.

I still perform because it's a necessity for my innards. And those songs, some of those songs, I have sung, I don't know how many thousands of times.….

I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots.

She may be cute, but she's just a substitute..

If you feel like loving me, if you've got the notion, I second that emotion..

Mistakes, I know I've made a few. But I'm only human, you've made mistakes, too..

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day.

I know what God did for me. I know that He is my way out and my way in. He's my way out of all this havoc and my way into paradise. He suffered for m….

Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist.

Songwriting is my gift from God.

Pretty girls come a dime a dozen, try to find one who's gonna give you true loving..

I love hearing my music, I love hearing it by other people. I hope it will always be played..

I will bring you a flower from the floor of the sea to wear in your hair..

The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to ad….

I remember my first check that I got for a thousand dollars, and where I grew up, I never thought I'd have a thousand dollars at one time..

The one thing about God that's so beautiful is He is omnipotent, and He is the Almighty. But He's not a dictator..

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 ….

They don't tell you this in school, Everybody plays the fool..

As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money..