I'm a songwriter, that's what I love.

If I settle a case out of court, it's because I love the person.

I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.

Whenever I came up against presidents of other companies, I was always smarter, because I was from the streets.

Motown was about music for all people - white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone.

Today's business climate is not for me.