Art Quote by Smokey Robinson

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Smokey Robinson

Ron White was not one of the very first original members of the Motown staff, but eventually he was.

— Smokey Robinson

I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the history of…

— Smokey Robinson

The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first…

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Smokey Robinson

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

— Smokey Robinson

I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but…

— Berry Gordy

One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was this skinny…

— Sufjan Stevens

One of my idols is my dad. All his work in Motown, and just the way he conducted himself as a human being was…

— Redfoo

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

— Hillary Clinton

It's marvelous when you visit Tokyo: they have these clubs, and they'll have 'Motown Night' or 'The Beatles - Totally Authentic and Live!' You…

— Robert Palmer

Every Motown act dressed classy, and we were clean-cut. Whenever you saw a Motown act, they were polished, and they knew how to treat…

— Dennis Edwards

There's no reason - not yet, anyway - to believe [Bob] Dylan himself endorses such an attitude; or that he would think of himself…

— David Bennun