Motown Quotes

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
Gary Oldman

Guy, Punk, Interested

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

After, Call, Hours

I've performed in Auburn Hills, at The Palace, so I haven't really been in downtown Detroit, but I've been able to be here, and I can really see, what the city was. Like, I can feel why Motown started here and how amazing it was.
Jordin Sparks

Amazing, Why, Here

With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Supremes and Diana Ross' solo stuff. I just loved it.
Jordin Sparks

Loved, Actually, Stuff

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 much.
Jack White

Care, Stuff, Production

My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.
John Legend

Dad, Until, Listen

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.
Jay-Z

Mom, House, Wonder

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

Love, Old, Holiday

There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Diana Ross - but I happen to have loved the Four Tops most of all.
Jon Landau

Happen, Stars, Loved

'Let's Get It On' is a classic Motown single, endlessly repeatable and always enjoyable.
Jon Landau

Single, Classic, Enjoyable

A big part of the Motown formula was, they took music and turned it into this sort of automotive assembly line. They were cranking out 10 songs a day in that studio, or more.
Mayer Hawthorne

Music, Big, Line

I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.
Mayer Hawthorne

Grow, Healthy, West

I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank Sinatra, everything.
Mayer Hawthorne

Music, Education, Rock

Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.
Laurieann Gibson

Artist, Days, Passionate

I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.
Idina Menzel

Music, Good, Different

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

Made, Chance, Far

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

Family, Acts, Myth

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

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

Artist, Jackson, Michael

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

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

Music, History, Greatest

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

And for some reason, when I'm sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to the music that's actually reflecting my mood, as opposed to sticking on Motown, which might actually bring my mood up.
Glen Hansard

Music, Sad, Find

I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax.
Justin Townes Earle

Love, Soul, Fan

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

School, Learned, Training

My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were genius in knowing that's as much as a listener can take.
Meshell Ndegeocello

Thought, Song, Knowing

I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.
Berry Gordy

Love, Work, Family

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

Life, Music, Time

Motown was the mecca. It was every writer's dream to work there.
Valerie Simpson

Work, Dream, Writer

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