"Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism,……" — Smokey Robinson

Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there… - Smokey Robinson

"Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day"

— Smokey Robinson

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58 Quotes by Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson has 58 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

People say I'm the life of the party Because I tell a joke or two Although I might be laughing…
They don't tell you this in school, Everybody plays the fool.
I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing…
I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing…
Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write…
We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious…
And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.
As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.
Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist
I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots
My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I… — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu

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