"Originally I was not writing songs for myself." — Smokey Robinson

"Originally I was not writing songs for myself."

— 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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At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took… — Kate Beckinsale
All disgust is originally disgust at touching. — Walter Benjamin
Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of… — Jello Biafra
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the… — Ritchie Blackmore
I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger… — Christina Aguilera
I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. — David Bowie
Originally I'm a big pop-music aficionado, that's my love. — Danny Boyle
Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief. — Carol Burnett
Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do… — Julia Child
When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and… — Ted Allen

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