Motown Quotes · Page 2

I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.

— Ryan Lochte

With my music, I don't have to stay in one lane. One day I'm in Motown, and the next day I'm in…

— Estelle

Motown's policy was to build one act at a time or their favorites.

— Brenda Holloway

I grew up listening to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and lots of blues, R&B and Motown.

— L'Wren Scott

Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots

— Smokey Robinson

The first writers I knew about were Motown's Holland-Dozier-Holland.

— Lisa Stansfield

Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.

— Tommy Chong

There were a lot of great acts at Motown, and some of them were hard to get along with.

— Dennis Edwards

I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a…

— Raphael Saadiq

Music has always been a big part of Cheech & Chong's career, so it's just natural. You know, I was a musician…

— Tommy Chong

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown,…

— Idina Menzel

I didn't grow up with my dad, or around the whole legacy. I was post-Motown, so I'd always hear stories and wonder…

— Redfoo

I never thought I would be recording on any professional level, so to be doing a rockabilly, Motown, pop soundtrack in a…

— Maia Mitchell

My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad…

— Ella Henderson

I kind of grew up with hip hop and of course being from Detroit I'm a Motown man. Music is in our…

— Eric Thomas

I know that's blasphemous when you are from Detroit, but I was never a fan of Motown stuff. I don't care for…

— Jack White

You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely…

— Jimmy Webb

That culture, of looking at catchy music as a negative thing, is weird. It has nothing to do with me, or the…

— Dan Auerbach

I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in.…

— Timothy B. Schmit

There were individuals at the time who were on the proverbial wish list, and before we had to wait too long, they…

— Don Cornelius

My introduction to Motown was through The Jackson Five and Michael Jackson. Michael's been my greatest creative inspiration, so that's how I…

— Brandon Victor Dixon

I'm not really up on what's new. I'm still listening to Run DMC twenty-five years later. In the same way that the…

— Colson Whitehead

My listening changed when I heard music from Stax, Atlantic, Motown because by that age I thought anything that my parents listened…

— Robert Palmer

Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first…

— Suzi Quatro

Kelly Clarkson definitely reminds me of Motown. She's pop, but she's also very, very soulful.

— La'Porsha Renae

'Let's Get It On' is a classic Motown single, endlessly repeatable and always enjoyable.

— Jon Landau

We call 'Ain't No Mountain' the golden egg that landed us at Motown.

— Nickolas Ashford

Motown was the mecca. It was every writer's dream to work there.

— Valerie Simpson

I listen to a lot of oldies stuff. Some Motown, Michael Jackson, jazz, etc.

— Jaime Harrison

We got really excited by Motown and early '60s soul music that was fun sounding.

— Ryan Ross

My mom taught me every dance move I've ever known to the Motown hits.

— Hannah Bronfman

Motown wasn't just pioneering a sound but a cultural dynamic.

— Suzanne de Passe

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

— Gary Oldman

I left Motown because of the regime of people who were there.

— Smokey Robinson

People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.

— Smokey Robinson

Growing up, I never listened to English music. I was more into Motown, as well as early rock n' roll like Chuck…

— Alex Winston

My main influences are pop and folk music - Bob Lind, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, the Motown collection, The Zombies,…

— Greta Salpeter

The same reason why we're doing music is the same reason why Motown did: to make the world a better place and…

— Redfoo

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and…

— Jay-Z

Every Motown act dressed classy, and we were clean-cut. Whenever you saw a Motown act, they were polished, and they knew how…

— Dennis Edwards