Then when Gladys Knight came in to do my songs that was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Motown's policy was to build one act at a time or their favorites.

A lot of times I can across as too masculine to men, and they couldn't handle me, they stayed away.

I feel Motown really exploited me.

I was a black singer with a white voice, a perfect pop voice.

Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards.

We all must deal with our shadows the best we can. No one can conquer them for us.

Every kingdom has three pillars: Poet, Sword and Law.

Hope is the major weapon against the suicide impulse.

I definitely didn't have a lot of money. I had been fired from a record store. I was just trying to get by. I was on unemployment. I didn't have anything going full-time.

Freddie Green has been my right arm for thirty years. And if he leaves the band one day, I'll probably leave with him.

Lilacs are May in essence.

When people ask me how I was able to make so much money in the market during a 20-year period, I would always say I did it off the misunderstandings of others.

The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live in the world.

Earth is our only citadel in the universe; but we have illogically built many more fortresses within this beautiful castle!