#motown

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

— Smokey Robinson

#being #jackson #look #michael #michael jackson

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

#been #era #great #great time #honed

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

— Brenda Holloway

#build #favorites #motown #one act #policy

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

#detroit #fan #i #know #motown

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

#billie holiday #edith #gets #holiday #i

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

#collection #extensive #filled #grew #had

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

— Tommy Chong

#after #any #call #club #had

I feel Motown really exploited me. ↗

— Brenda Holloway

#feel #i #i feel #me #motown

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

#along #band #change #did #end

We call 'Ain't No Mountain' the golden egg that landed us at Motown. ↗

— Nickolas Ashford

#egg #golden #landed #motown #mountain