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title: "2 Beethoven Quotes By Smokey Robinson"
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> [Beethoven was just music, and it didn't matter if he could hear it or not - he could feel it. He could hear it in his mind. He could write it down hearing it in his mind. He was just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/beethoven-was-just-music-and-it-didn-t-matter-if-he-could-hear-it-or/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

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> [If some of those people who wanted to ban Beethoven's music could hear the music that's being played today, wow, what would they do, man?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/if-some-of-those-people-who-wanted-to-ban-beethoven-s-music-could/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

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## Other authors on Beethoven

## More by Smokey Robinson

> [My uncle Claude was my favorite uncle he was also my godfather. He and I were really, really close. He used to take me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/my-uncle-claude-was-my-favorite-uncle-he-was-also-my-godfather-he-and/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/people-still-look-at-michael-jackson-as-being-a-motown-artist/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [I will build you a castle with a tower so high it reaches the moon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/i-will-build-you-a-castle-with-a-tower-so-high-it-reaches-the-moon/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [The music business has made a 360. It's a whole 'nother game. It's not nearly what it was. And I fear for it, because,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/the-music-business-has-made-a-360-it-s-a-whole-nother-game-it-s-not/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/one-thing-i-can-say-about-the-motown-acts-is-that-we-were-a-family/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [My philosophy on writing a song for myself is that I always, always, always want to write a song. I always want to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/my-philosophy-on-writing-a-song-for-myself-is-that-i-always-always/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/even-if-i-don-t-release-it-myself-somebody-else-might-hear-it-and/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [I had been stockpiling Gospel songs for other artists, and had planned to submit them to Gospel artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/i-had-been-stockpiling-gospel-songs-for-other-artists-and-had-planned/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [Though you treat me badly, I love you madly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/though-you-treat-me-badly-i-love-you-madly/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [There's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sadder than, the tears of a clown when noones around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/there-s-some-sad-things-known-to-man-but-ain-t-too-much-sadder-than/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [Now if I appear to be carefree it's only to camouflage my sadness. In order to keep my pride I try to cover the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/now-if-i-appear-to-be-carefree-it-s-only-to-camouflage-my-sadness-in/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [If you feel like loving me, if you've got the notion, I second that emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/if-you-feel-like-loving-me-if-you-ve-got-the-notion-i-second-that/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. …And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/i-always-try-to-write-a-song-i-never-just-want-to-write-a-record/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/the-beatles-were-huge-and-the-first-thing-they-said-when-you/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

> [My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smokey-robinson/my-mother-was-a-churchgoing-lady-so-i-always-heard-about-god-at-home/)

[Smokey Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smokey-robinson/)

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