Before Quote by Stephanie Mills

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

— Hillary Clinton

With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the…

— Jordin Sparks

There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Diana Ross - but I happen…

— Jon Landau

I grew up not far from where Motown was founded, maybe 300 miles from Detroit and I've always liked - I used to like…

— Rick Danko

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

— Jeff Beck

I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in…

— Raphael Saadiq

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

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at…

— Simon Cowell

I love Motown, that whole era. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson. I just put on Pandora, and put it on Motown, and it makes me…

— Tika Sumpter

I'd heard a lot of Motown and Stax when I was a kid, but the more well-known end of it. On Jam tours, we…

— Paul Weller

Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles.

— Eddie Murphy

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder…

— Jay-Z