America Quote by Ne-Yo

Motown was pop, Atlantic was R&B.

— Wilson Pickett

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

— Suzanne de Passe

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

— Hillary Clinton

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

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

At home, it was always Motown and that late '80s/early '90s R&B like Jodeci pumping through the speakers.

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

I loved Motown. I loved the musicality and the sound.

— Jeff Beck

My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.

— John Legend

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

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

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