A fellow Detroiter, Wilson Pickett was one of the greatest soul singers of all time.

I think you have a lot of really good artists today. You have your Beyonce, Usher, Nicki Minaj and the like. But our generation, the artists were stronger. You're talking about myself, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight, The Temptations, The Four Tops.

Politics are not my arena. Music is.

Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.

I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.