Motown Quotes

We are all big Motown fans.

— Coy Bowles

I grew up with Cher and Motown, beautiful costumes.

— Tina Knowles

I love funk and soul and Motown.

— Taron Egerton

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

— Hillary Clinton

I would describe my sound as classic Motown.

— La'Porsha Renae

Motown was pop, Atlantic was R&B.

— Wilson Pickett

I feel Motown really exploited me.

— Brenda Holloway

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

— Jeff Beck

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

— Ryan Lochte

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

— Kanye West

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

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 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

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

Style and image - it's what Motown is about. They had a charm school led by Maxine Powell. There was literally an…

— Brandon Victor Dixon

I love Motown, that whole era. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson. I just put on Pandora, and put it on Motown, and it…

— Tika Sumpter

One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was…

— Sufjan Stevens

I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul,…

— Mayer Hawthorne

The 'Motown' detour for me was almost like it wasn't work. It was more fun than work, and that's all it takes…

— Michael McDonald

The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were…

— Smokey Robinson

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

My tastes range all over the place, from vocal standards to Motown to 70s funk & soul to 80s pop to film…

— Stephanie D'Abruzzo

I grew up in one of those households where, growing up in Detroit, you gravitate towards music and cars because we were…

— Jalen Rose

I don't think you can recreate anything from the past. You can not do it. If you're going to go out and…

— Elton John

Growing up, I listened and was influenced by a lot of those around me. I have a big family, and my dad…

— Ella Henderson

When I was a kid in the mid-'60s, I was what's known as a moddie boy, a prototype skinhead. You all had…

— Graham Parker

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

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

— Suzi Quatro

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

— Diana Ross

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

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

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

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Jeffrey Osborne