I see a film as a puzzle, with a beginning, middle, and end, but I like to start at the end sometimes.
I used to always have a pretty high, little clear voice, but as I got older, I got a little cornbread in it.
Soul ain't nothing but a feeling.
First you harmonize, then you customize.
Put your hands on your hip, let your back bone slip. Do the Watusi, like my little Lucy.
I'd start to sing, and the record would start skipping. You'd be skipping along with it. Those were the days, my friend. We'd look so stupid, but the kids loved it.
Berry Gordy believed in owning the artist for life and controlling everything: the money, the station wagons, everything.
One cat just leads to another. The place is so damned big it doesn't really seem as though there were many cats until you see them all moving like a mass migration at feeding time.
I have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.
The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.
My life changed the day I walked across that stage. Because I finally finished something!