Gold Quote by Wilson Pickett

So, my records really didn't sell, but musicians started picking up on my sound and my songs and cutting my songs and that turned…

— J. J. Cale

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

R&B and all that stuff was always very spare and spontaneous. Nobody made those records under solid gold situations. It was just in and…

— Ry Cooder

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

Back in the Eighties, record-industry producers tried to impress us by showing us their collection of gold and platinum records. We were like, Do…

— Slash

Back in the '80s and '90s, when there was still a record business, there was pressure on anyone who was fortunate to have a…

— John Mellencamp

Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes.

— Stephanie Mills

I feel Motown really exploited me.

— Brenda Holloway

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

— Suzanne de Passe

No artist that beefs with me or talks down on my name has that many platinum songs. They're all gold.

— Trippie Redd

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

— Dennis Edwards

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

— Hillary Clinton