"I don't follow politics anymore. It's too much. I follow the truth."

"I say, 'see you later David' and he says back 'Not before I see you first'."

"I got a call from Smokey [Robinson] and he said, ʻI didn't like your choice of material. I think it's really ridiculous.' I said, ʻI don't give a uh what you think, or what anyone thinks!”"

"We live in a society where Black music, one time, was called 'race music.' Where jazz was considered something nasty, you know? I don't know, I felt that if God didn't want me to sing it, he wouldn't …"

"It's three."