Motown Quotes

I love funk and soul and Motown.

— Taron Egerton

I grew up with Cher and Motown, beautiful costumes.

— Tina Knowles

We are all big Motown fans.

— Coy Bowles

I loved Motown. I loved the musicality and the sound.

— Jeff Beck

Motown was pop, Atlantic was R&B.

— Wilson Pickett

I feel Motown really exploited me.

— Brenda Holloway

Motown, Motown, that's my era. Those are my people.

— Hillary Clinton

I would describe my sound as classic Motown.

— La'Porsha Renae

I grew up in a jazz household. They made me listen to jazz before I could hear my Motown.

— Jeffrey Osborne

Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.

— Laurieann Gibson

I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound.

— GRiZ

My dad listened to George Jones and Hank Williams, and of course all the Motown stuff was unavoidable.

— Uncle Kracker

Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Smokey Robinson

Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day

— Smokey Robinson

Ron White was not one of the very first original members of the Motown staff, but eventually he was.

— Smokey Robinson

I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot…

— Martha Reeves

Sometimes you're inspired by an old-school song that you want to chop up and make a sample out of it. I find…

— Bishop Briggs

My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were…

— Meshell Ndegeocello

Back in the day, Motown was on the pulse of young America. It wasn't about just dope contemporary. It was pop, it…

— Ne-Yo

My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder,…

— Jonny Lang

Motown was about music for all people – white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to…

— Berry Gordy

Growing up in Hitchin was comfortable and easy enough. My parents had some great records - and some not-so-great ones - and…

— James Bay

I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get…

— Mayer Hawthorne

I've performed in Auburn Hills, at The Palace, so I haven't really been in downtown Detroit, but I've been able to be…

— Jordin Sparks

And for some reason, when I'm sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find…

— Glen Hansard

It's marvelous when you visit Tokyo: they have these clubs, and they'll have 'Motown Night' or 'The Beatles - Totally Authentic and…

— Robert Palmer

I'd heard a lot of Motown and Stax when I was a kid, but the more well-known end of it. On Jam…

— Paul Weller

One of my idols is my dad. All his work in Motown, and just the way he conducted himself as a human…

— Redfoo

For me, the highlight was meeting all the Motown acts, as I adore black soul music. I met Stevie Wonder who I…

— Tony Blackburn

With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening…

— Jordin Sparks

When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the…

— Roy Wood

I stumbled into soul music at a very young age. It had something that really spoke to me. Nowadays it's not only…

— Erik Hassle

Those original, black, spirited, defiant, rebellious musical masters. Chuck Berry was one of the first masters of Les Paul's new electric guitar;…

— Ted Nugent

The only recording studio was in Motown - it was called Tamla/Motown at that time and we used to audition there because…

— Diana Ross

There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe [Bob] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think…

— David Bennun

There are many influences in my music, not only blues. R&B, Motown, gospel, old timey, jazz, even classical are all part of…

— Rory Block

At home, it was always Motown and that late '80s/early '90s R&B like Jodeci pumping through the speakers.

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.

— John Legend

My favorite record label of all time is Motown. That era of music was my favorite.

— Kanye West