Motown Quotes

49 quotes by 34 authors

Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call. — Tommy Chong
You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely thing to have… — Jimmy Webb
Ali Woodson was one of the few Iconic Soul-Singers left from the Motown Era that could STILL sell out a crowd, light up a party,… — Luenell
Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist — Smokey Robinson
Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots — Smokey Robinson
One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth — Smokey Robinson
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 music — Smokey Robinson
Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day — Smokey Robinson
I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also… — Berry Gordy
Motown was about music for all people â€“ white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music… — Berry Gordy
The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white… — Smokey Robinson
When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd start… — Roy Wood
I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax. — Justin Townes Earle
My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were genius in knowing… — Meshell Ndegeocello
I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from… — Martha Reeves
There are certain things that we take for granted that simply would not have existed without the great migration. Motown, for example, would not have… — Isabel Wilkerson
When I was a kid in the mid-'60s, I was what's known as a moddie boy, a prototype skinhead. You all had your hair like… — Graham Parker
And for some reason, when I'm sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to… — Glen Hansard
My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four… — Katy B
I grew up not far from where Motown was founded, maybe 300 miles from Detroit and I've always liked - I used to like the… — Rick Danko

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