Chance Quote by Rick Danko

I know that's blasphemous when you are from Detroit, but I was never a fan of Motown stuff. I don't care for the production…

— Jack White

I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy…

— Mayer Hawthorne

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 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 kind of grew up with hip hop and of course being from Detroit I'm a Motown man. Music is in our blood. When…

— Eric Thomas

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

— John Legend

I didn't grow up with my dad, or around the whole legacy. I was post-Motown, so I'd always hear stories and wonder what was…

— Redfoo

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

— Smokey Robinson

Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots

— Smokey Robinson

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