With a heart that is truthful, keeping you youthful..

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….

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

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

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

You know what, life is full of temptations.

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..

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

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

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

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….

Songwriting is my gift from God.

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

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

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

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

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

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've got sunshine on a cloudy day.

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