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" And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves. "
Songs
Who
Say
" As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this. "
Kid
Life
My Life
" As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money. "
Human
Stuff
Diamonds
" Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school. "
Walk
School
Lawyers
" Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential. "
Song
You
Want
" 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. "
Inspirational
Gift
You
" I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. "
Want
Never
Always
" I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the history of music. "
Greatest
Person
Music
" I had been stockpiling Gospel songs for other artists, and had planned to submit them to Gospel artists. "
Been
Submit
Songs
" I left Motown because of the regime of people who were there. "
Who
Motown
Left
" In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album. "
Call
More
Inspirational
" I played golf all over Detroit. "
Detroit
Golf
Over
" I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots. "
Musically
Too
Roots
" I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God. "
Relationship
Faith
Always
" Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots. "
Will
My Life
Life
" My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home. "
Home
Mother
Always
" Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day. "
Once
Your
Day
" Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist. "
Once
You
Motown
" One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth. "
Say
Family
Myth
" Originally I was not writing songs for myself. "
Songs
Writing
Originally
" People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist. "
Artist
Still
People
" 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. "
Inspirational
Music
Relationship
" Songwriting is my gift from God. "
Gift
God
Songwriting
" 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. "
Enjoy
Black
Music
" The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures. "
You
Soul
Need
" There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played. "
Detroit
Very
Few
" There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people. "
Want
Wonderful
Compete
" We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives. "
Our
Victims
Temptation
" We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves. "
Worry
Sometimes
Look
" When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me. "
Up
Songs
Man
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