Motown Quotes · Page 2

Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.

— Laurieann Gibson

I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound.

— GRiZ

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

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Nickolas Ashford

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

— Jaime Harrison

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

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

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

Motown was about music for all people – white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to…

— Berry Gordy

Growing up in Hitchin was comfortable and easy enough. My parents had some great records - and some not-so-great ones - and…

— James Bay

There's no love in my songs. There's just a lot of resentment. Just bad attitude. But that's intentional, that's what I like.…

— Memory Tapes

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

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

— Robert Palmer

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

It's marvelous when you visit Tokyo: they have these clubs, and they'll have 'Motown Night' or 'The Beatles - Totally Authentic and…

— Robert Palmer

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

— Valerie Simpson

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Tommy Chong

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

— Lisa Stansfield

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

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

— Dennis Edwards

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

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

— Raphael Saadiq

I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get…

— Mayer Hawthorne

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

— Idina Menzel

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

— Maia Mitchell