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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

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

— 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 to treat…

— Dennis Edwards

I feel Motown really exploited me.

— Brenda Holloway

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the history of…

— Smokey Robinson

When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in…

— Roy Wood

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

— Hillary Clinton

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

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at…

— Simon Cowell