“You get royalties from certain songs that you do when you do backgroun...” — Merry Clayton Quote

“You get royalties from certain songs that you do when you do background. It's according to the work that you put in.”

“My dad sung and played piano. But he was also a man of God. He was a minister. So when Sam Cooke would come in town, you know, with The Soul Stirrers at that time, he was singing gospel, they would end up at my dad's church, and it would always be a guest singer for Sunday morning.”

“My family is part Creole, and we're Indian, and we're also very, very black. My father was so black, he was blue.”

“The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according to the present dispensation and ordering of things.”

“I like to be present; I like to be in the now. The way life has shaped up, it is difficult, you know, with mobile phones taking you to another time and space all the time. So it's always a battle to stay in the moment. But according to me, it's a better way to be.”

“Gravity must be caused by an Agent acting constantly according to certain laws, but whether this Agent be material or immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers.”