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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

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

— Hillary Clinton

I'd heard a lot of Motown and Stax when I was a kid, but the more well-known end of it. On Jam tours, we…

— Paul Weller

I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound.

— GRiZ

Motown was pop, Atlantic was R&B.

— Wilson Pickett

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

— Suzanne de Passe

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

I would describe my sound as classic Motown.

— La'Porsha Renae

I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.

— Ryan Lochte

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder…

— Jay-Z

Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes.

— Stephanie Mills

I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in…

— Raphael Saadiq