Motown Quotes

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.

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.

Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots.

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

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

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

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.

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

When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in the band sang and we did a lot of harmonies.

I feel Motown really exploited me.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Charles and I are from Augusta, Ga. - so we come from James Brown territory, soul music and Motown. And Charles has always had a lot of Southern rock in there as well.

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

Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day.

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.

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.