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Motown Quotes

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 music.
Smokey Robinson

I feel Motown really exploited me.
Brenda Holloway

I grew up not far from where Motown was founded, maybe 300 miles from Detroit and I've always liked - I used to like the way they made records. I still do, I just haven't had a chance to hear as much. They used to entertain me.
Rick Danko

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

I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.
Siobhan Fahey

I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people.
Martha Reeves

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

Motown's policy was to build one act at a time or their favorites.
Brenda Holloway

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

Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist.
Smokey Robinson

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

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

Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.
Tommy Chong

When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd start from one end of the band and just go along. The lead singer would change all the time. That's the first time that I actually managed to put it into a record.
Roy Wood

When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in the band sang and we did a lot of harmonies.
Roy Wood

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