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 Copy Share Image
For me, the highlight was meeting all the Motown acts, as I adore black soul music. I met Stevie Wonder who I… — Tony Blackburn Copy Share Image
Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
My main influences are pop and folk music - Bob Lind, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, the Motown collection, The Zombies,… — Greta Salpeter Copy Share Image
I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax. — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul,… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
A big part of the Motown formula was, they took music and turned it into this sort of automotive assembly line. They… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
My dad listened to George Jones and Hank Williams, and of course all the Motown stuff was unavoidable. — Uncle Kracker Copy Share Image
There were a lot of great acts at Motown, and some of them were hard to get along with. — Dennis Edwards Copy Share Image
There are certain things that we take for granted that simply would not have existed without the great migration. Motown, for example,… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
The biggest thing Motown did was change our social fabric: the way we interacted with each other as human beings. — Brandon Victor Dixon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Charles and I are from Augusta, Ga. - so we come from James Brown territory, soul music and Motown. And Charles has… — Dave Haywood Copy Share Image
My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder,… — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
Motown's policy was to build one act at a time or their favorites. — Brenda Holloway Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I've bought clothes based on record covers. Particularly from the formative music that turned me onto it in the first place when… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
Motown was about music for all people – white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to… — Berry Gordy Copy Share Image
My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
