I played around with the idea of touring with a soul…

Doing that on my own, the idea of touring on my own does not excite me very much.

— Tom Fletcher

I think it's very easy to get lost in the idea of touring and forget that your body is not a machine and can…

— Ravyn Lenae

Touring was an abstract idea for me in the beginning. I didn't know where it was going to take me, but I knew that…

— Justin Nozuka

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start.

— Daryl Hall

I grew up listening and looking up at these people and laughing at Carol Burnett and singing James Taylor songs. And same with Smokey…

— MC Lyte

I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations.

— Brett Davern

Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.

— Elvis Costello

I have dreams of working with some of the greatest to ever do it, including Sade, Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Babyface, Smokey Robinson, and Timbaland.

— Victoria Monet

I thought wasn't nobody supposed to get gold records except those people on Motown, like Smokey Robinson and Diana Ross.

— Wilson Pickett

I heard Smokey Robinson was singing one of my songs on the radio the other day. Being in the presence of Mavis Staples, Erykah…

— Gregory Porter

I lived on the north side of Detroit. Right down the street from me there was a young man by the name of Smokey…

— Diana Ross

Barry White, Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield are big influences for me. But I'm also a metal head. I was in a bunch of…

— Mayer Hawthorne

“On the radio Smokey Robinson complained that "a taste of honey is worse than none at all.”

— Tayari Jones

Full disclosure here - I had a terrible crush on Smokey Robinson, like every other female on the planet.

— Linda Ronstadt

“There's no need for a reason for people to fall in love. Even if people say there is a reason, that's just something they…

— Yuna Takagi