Charm Quote by Brandon Victor Dixon

Motown wasn't just pioneering a sound but a cultural dynamic.

— Suzanne de Passe

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

— Berry Gordy

Back in the day, Motown was on the pulse of young America. It wasn't about just dope contemporary. It was pop, it was R&B,…

— Ne-Yo

My folks had a lot of Motown records, so that was a kind of an early inspiration. I grew up on the radio really.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

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

— Dennis Edwards

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

— Valerie Simpson

I grew up not far from where Motown was founded, maybe 300 miles from Detroit and I've always liked - I used to like…

— Rick Danko

I'm a huge fan of Motown. When you saw them on stage, you saw sparkle... you saw attitude. They didn't have on t-shirt and…

— Tina Knowles

My introduction to Motown was through The Jackson Five and Michael Jackson. Michael's been my greatest creative inspiration, so that's how I really became…

— Brandon Victor Dixon

The biggest thing Motown did was change our social fabric: the way we interacted with each other as human beings.

— Brandon Victor Dixon

I feel Motown really exploited me.

— Brenda Holloway

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

— Michael McDonald