Dad Quote by Redfoo

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

— John Legend

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

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

My dad listened to George Jones and Hank Williams, and of course all the Motown stuff was unavoidable.

— Uncle Kracker

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 left Motown because of the regime of people who were there.

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Jeff Beck

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

— GRiZ

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

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

— Dennis Edwards

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

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Smokey Robinson