There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played.

I played golf all over Detroit.

We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves.

Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day.

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

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

I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God.

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.

One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth.

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.