Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell.
Marvin Gaye

Great artists suffer for the people.
Marvin Gaye

I am not going to be dictated to by fans, certainly. I am dictated enough to by my record company to last me a million years.
Marvin Gaye

I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I don't quite know how to explain it but it's there. These can't be the only notes in the world, there's got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys.
Marvin Gaye

I sing about life.
Marvin Gaye

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.
Marvin Gaye

Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.
Marvin Gaye

Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.
Marvin Gaye

Music, not sex, got me aroused.
Marvin Gaye

Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.
Marvin Gaye


War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.
Marvin Gaye