Motown Quotes
Collection of top 36 famous quotes about Motown
Motown Quotes & Sayings
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Motown's policy was to build one act at a time or their favorites.
— Brenda Holloway
I feel Motown really exploited me.
— Brenda Holloway
I grew up listening to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and lots of blues, R&B and Motown.
— L'Wren Scott
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
Motown, Motown, that's my era. Those are my people.
— Hillary Clinton
I listened to a lot of Marvin Gaye and Motown records.
— Charlie Puth
I left Motown because of the regime of people who were there.
— Smokey Robinson
I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
— Gary Oldman
One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth.
— Smokey Robinson
Ron White was not one of the very first original members of the Motown staff, but eventually he was.
— Smokey Robinson
Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist.
— Smokey Robinson
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
My mom was a huge Adam and the Ants fan. My granddad listened to a lot of Motown and Elvis and Johnny Cash. So I was kind of well-rounded.
— Hayley Williams
Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call.
— Tommy Chong
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 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
Driving home I switch on the radio and one of those old Motown voices comes on and reaches my heart.
— Ellen Van Neerven
Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day.
— Smokey Robinson
People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.
— Smokey Robinson
Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.
— Laurieann Gibson
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
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
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
We call 'Ain't No Mountain' the golden egg that landed us at Motown.
— Nickolas Ashford
I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point.
— Simon Cowell
'Let's Get It On' is a classic Motown single, endlessly repeatable and always enjoyable.
— Jon Landau
Motown was the mecca. It was every writer's dream to work there.
— Valerie Simpson
