When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.
You know what, life is full of temptations.
In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.
When you write a song, a song has longevity.
Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist.
We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves.
We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people.
That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.
Songwriting is my gift from God.
So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.
People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.
Originally I was not writing songs for myself.
One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth.
You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it.