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Dennis Edwards

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[Wikipedia] Dennis Edwards Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations for Motown Records. Edwards joined the Temptations in 1968, replacing David Ruffin and sang with the group from 1968 to 1976, 1980 to 1984, and 1987 to 1989. In the mid-1980s, he launched a s

Quotes by Dennis Edwards

Every Motown act dressed classy, and we were clean-cut. Whenever you saw a Motown act, they were polished, and they knew how…

Classy

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When you're doing something you love to do, when you have a gift, it's the most rewarding thing.

Doing

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We never do two shows the same way. The audience has a lot to do with that spontaneity, and it's our job…

Audience

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I had a mother who prayed for me, and prayer changes everything.

Everything

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I'm not an original member, though I'm sort of an original member. I've been on a lot of records and took them…

Great

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St. Louis is the best thing that ever happened to me. I needed that peace in my life. And I've always been…

Always

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Singing rock n' roll - they called it singing for the devil. But we all wanted an opportunity to compete in the…

Devil

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When I first got to Motown, Smokey was already a fixture there. To me, he is one of the greatest songwriters and…

Anything

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We always felt that there was some hanky-panky going on with our money. We were the No. 1 group in the world,…

Always

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Country life is different from city life, but I think it was good for me. Working on the farm, I got a…

Balance

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My whole life, I've been a Temptation.

Been

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The secret to The Temptations is the music: simple music about a man loving a woman. We talk about the lady when…

Loving a woman

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

Get

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A singer knows how he wants the song to go, and a writer visualizes how he wants the song to go.

Go

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I like to think I was just lucky. I didn't think I was better than anybody else, but I could sing everybody's…

Better

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Marvin Gaye was a friend of mine, and he used to say, 'Man, I wish I could sing like you - if…

Friend

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I used to tell my mother, 'I'm going to have to get a real job one day.' You keep saying this will…

Amazing

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When The Temptations began, we wanted to be visual. So we did our own choreography and developed our own uniforms.

Choreography

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Sam Cooke was a gospel singer like myself, and when he crossed over and started singing rock n' roll, it kind of…

Ahead

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I had some good Alabama raising. You might do something wrong, but you wouldn't do it but once.

Alabama

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I'd like to thank God for giving me the opportunity to sing with the greatest group in the world.

God

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We have a portion of our show where we ask everybody to get up and do the Temptation Walk. People 8 to…

People

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The thrill of standing on the stage and hearing the crowd, it's the greatest feeling in the world. It's a blessed feeling.

Adventure

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