“Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God.”

“My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home.”

“As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.”

“One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth.”

“Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a 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.”

“In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.”

“Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.”