Smokey Robinson Quotes - Page 2

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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

  Smokey Robinson

  Musical, Events, Motown

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• There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played

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  Detroit, Courses, Havens

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• I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots

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  Roots, Havens

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• We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.

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  Temptation, Victim, Our Lives

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• If I just gave you a piece of paper with the lyrics written down on it, it would mean something to you. It would tell you a story.

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  Mean

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• Though you treat me badly, I love you madly.

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  Love You, Low Self Esteem, Treats

  Song: You Really Got To Hold On Me

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• 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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  Thank You, Blessed, People

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• 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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  Song, Writing, Giving

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• 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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  Relationship, Inspirational Music, Taxi

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• 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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  Sadness, Men, Tears

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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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  Faith, Talking, Years

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• My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home

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  Mother, Home, Heard

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• 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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  Dream, Kids, Would Be

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• 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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  Dream, Song, Writing

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• I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. ....And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves. ... 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. When you write a song, a song has longevity. ... 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. Songwriting is my gift from God.

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  Song, Writing, People

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

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  Roots, Heavy, Duty

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• Everybody has their own soul.

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  Soul

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• Without you hearing a melody or music or anything like that, it would say something to you. So, that's what a song is to me. Now, you have a lot of songs that come out, and the beat carries them over there, because of the beat, and because of some other factors and so on and so forth. But I want mine to be a song, if you read it, it's going to mean something to you.

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  Song, Mean, Melody

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• 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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  Morning, Games, Wakes You

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• That's what love is made of, snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, sugar, spice, and everything nice.

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  Dog, Nice, Love Is

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• I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting is my gift from God.

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  Song, Writing, Trying

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• The music business has made a 360. It's a whole 'nother game. It's not nearly what it was. And I fear for it, because, you know, with the advent of the computer and online and downloading and all these things, they have destroyed - that stuff has destroyed the record business, not the music business, but the record business. The music business is well, and it's alive and thriving. Now, I hope something happens to turn it back around to the point whereas it's - you're earning a living from writing your songs, from your work, you know, because it's not like that anymore.

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  Song, Writing, Computer

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• It kills me to see people think that, show business is sex, drugs and rock and roll. And I have what you call a meet and greet. I do it before the show. But when I was doing it after the show especially, there would be people who would come back and said, OK, Smoke, where's the party?

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  Party, Thinking, People

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

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  Artist, People, Looks

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• Ron White was not one of the very first original members of the Motown staff, but eventually he was.

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  White, Firsts, Staff

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