Berry Gordy

Michael Jackson was not an artist who comes along once in a decade, a generation, or a lifetime. He was an artist…

— Berry Gordy

I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely…

— Berry Gordy

Today's business climate is not for me.

— Berry Gordy

It's like losing a son because I loved Michael and Michael loved me. But you know, as when people grow up and…

— Berry Gordy

If I settle a case out of court, it's because I love the person.

— Berry Gordy

The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess…

— Berry Gordy

His [Michael Jackson] behavior was weird, but when you get an artist and a genius, many of the geniuses throughout our whole…

— Berry Gordy

“Your lovin' gives me a thrill But your lovin' don't pay my bills I need money — That's what I want.”

— Berry Gordy

Money had never been the main thing for me. It's the legacy that was important.

— Berry Gordy

But once I saw them [Jackson 5 during audition], I rushed out with my video camera to start taping them because I…

— Berry Gordy

Don’t judge yourself by others’ standards…have your own. And don’t get caught up into the trap of changing yourself to fit the…

— Berry Gordy

Whenever I came up against presidents of other companies, I was always smarter, because I was from the streets.

— Berry Gordy

I have this ability to find this hidden talent in people that sometimes even they didn't know they had.

— Berry Gordy

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

— Berry Gordy

All artists have runners, people that tell them what to do, business managers, lawyers, these - if they get the right ones,…

— Berry Gordy

There aren’t enough people who care about the future. They are too busy worrying about today and what they can grab now

— Berry Gordy

Every day I watched how a bare metal frame, rolling down the line would come off the other end, a spanking brand…

— Berry Gordy

I didn't want to be a big record mogul and all that stuff. I just wanted to write songs and make people…

— Berry Gordy

I'm a songwriter, that's what I love.

— Berry Gordy