Events Quote by Smokey Robinson

Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist

— Smokey Robinson

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

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

— Suzanne de Passe

We are all big Motown fans.

— Coy Bowles

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

— Dennis Edwards

People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.

— Smokey Robinson

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

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

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Jeff Beck

I feel Motown really exploited me.

— Brenda Holloway