I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time.

- Martha Reeves

You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.

- Martha Reeves

If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.

- Martha Reeves

I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people.

- Martha Reeves

Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.

- Martha Reeves

I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.

- Martha Reeves

Divas need their furs!

- Martha Reeves

Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world.

- Martha Reeves

I was stranded in Disco. I went to dozens of darkened places with enough flashing lights to drive the average person mad. I felt lost in the pulse of sheer panic.

- Martha Reeves

There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work.

- Martha Reeves

The world I was born into was one filled with music.

- Martha Reeves

Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit.

- Martha Reeves

I still marvel at how God turns dreams into reality.

- Martha Reeves

Going on with life, it only gets more and more intense as time goes by - and the challenges only multiply.

- Martha Reeves

God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful.

- Martha Reeves

A large family makes you accept sharing your parents.

- Martha Reeves

I will always dance in the street.

- Martha Reeves

I have always thought music as a way out of the ordinary mundane obligations of life.

- Martha Reeves

Disco music in the '70s was just a call to go wild and party and dance with no thought or conscience or regard for tomorrow.

- Martha Reeves

Detroit is full of talent.

- Martha Reeves