American - Musician | February 19, 1940 -
Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day.
Smokey Robinson
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Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots.
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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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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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Originally I was not writing songs for myself.
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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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There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people.
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We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves.
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My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home.
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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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You know what, life is full of temptations.
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We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
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