Top 62 Smokey Robinson Quotes
#1. I left Motown because of the regime of people who were there.
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#2. Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day.
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#3. People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.
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#4. Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots.
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#5. One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth.
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#6. Mistakes, I know I've made a few. But I'm only human, you've made mistakes, too.
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#7. I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God.
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#8. We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves.
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#11. Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God.
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#12. When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.
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#13. There's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sadder than, the tears of a clown when noones around.
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#14. And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.
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#16. If some of those people who wanted to ban Beethoven's music could hear the music that's being played today, wow, what would they do, man?
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#17. 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 it that potential.
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#18. The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to admit they grew up listening to black music.
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#19. 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 hurt with a show of gladness.
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#20. Ron White was not one of the very first original members of the Motown staff, but eventually he was.
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#21. If I hear one of my songs by anybody, it's a dream come true every time for me as a songwriter, because I want to write a song, I want to write a song that the world can sing and will always sing.
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#22. Just like Pagliacci did, I try to keep my surface hid. Smiling in the crowd I try, but in a lonely room I cry.
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#23. We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
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#24. I will bring you a flower from the floor of the sea to wear in your hair.
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#25. In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.
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#26. I've never been to rehab, I've never been to psychotherapy or the doctor or anything like that. I went to a church and I was prayed for, and I've always had a great relationship with God.
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#27. 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.
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#28. There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played.
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#32. Before you ask some girl for her hand now, keep your freedom for as long as you can now. My Mama told me, you better shop around.
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#33. If you feel like loving me, if you've got the notion, I second that emotion.
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#34. Beethoven was just music, and it didn't matter if he could hear it or not - he could feel it. He could hear it in his mind. He could write it down hearing it in his mind. He was just music. Yeah, he's one of my favorite writers of all times.
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#35. I'm blessed, because I enjoy every part of my life. I enjoy writing songs. I've been trying to write songs since I was five years old.
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#37. That's what love is made of, snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, sugar, spice, and everything nice.
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#38. As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.
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#39. Hickory dickory dock, I just want to be your clock. Just set me for a lifetime, and I'll wake you up every morning.
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#40. I had been stockpiling Gospel songs for other artists, and had planned to submit them to Gospel artists.
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#41. You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless.
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#42. So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.
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#43. Pretty girls come a dime a dozen, try to find one who's gonna give you true loving.
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#44. Put your trust in me, let this love be. This is for real, let time stand still.
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#45. I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.
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#46. I love hearing my music, I love hearing it by other people. I hope it will always be played.
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#47. You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it.
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#48. Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist.
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#50. The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures.
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#52. Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.
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#53. They don't tell you this in school, Everybody plays the fool.
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#54. As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this.
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#55. There is nothing that means more to a woman than a love she can count on.
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#56. There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people.
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#57. That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.
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#59. People say I'm the life of the party Because I tell a joke or two Although I might be laughing loud and hearty Deep inside I'm blue So take a good look at my face You'll see my smile looks out of place If you look closer, it's easy to trace The tracks of my tears..
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#60. My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home.
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#61. I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots.
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#62. I will build you a castle with a tower so high it reaches the moon.
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