Artist Quote by Smokey Robinson Download Open image “People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.” — Smokey Robinson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Artist Motown People
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson was not an artist who comes along once in a decade, a generation, or a lifetime. He was an artist who comes… — Berry Gordy Copy Share Image
I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of black identity and the possibilities of R&B… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There were a lot of great acts at Motown, and some of them were hard to get along with. — Dennis Edwards Copy Share Image
I look up to people like Michael Jackson because he set up pop culture. — Ananya Birla Copy Share Image
My uncle Claude was my favorite uncle he was also my godfather. He and I were really, really close. He used to take me… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
I will build you a castle with a tower so high it reaches the moon. — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
The music business has made a 360. It's a whole 'nother game. It's not nearly what it was. And I fear for it, because,… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
My philosophy on writing a song for myself is that I always, always, always want to write a song. I always want to write… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
I had been stockpiling Gospel songs for other artists, and had planned to submit them to Gospel artists. — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
There's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sadder than, the tears of a clown when noones around. — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
Now if I appear to be carefree it's only to camouflage my sadness. In order to keep my pride I try to cover the… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
If you feel like loving me, if you've got the notion, I second that emotion. — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. …And… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Designers shouldn’t design for museums any more than mummies should die for them. — Ralph Caplan Copy Share Image
