60 Motown Quotes for You to Enjoy

I've performed in Auburn Hills, at The Palace, so I haven't really been in downtown Detroit, but I've been able to be here, and I can really see, what the city was. Like, I can feel why Motown started here and how amazing it was. Jordin Sparks

Amazing City See Able Detroit Feel Performed Like Hills How Been Motown Really Palace Why Downtown Here Started

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

Love Soul Memphis More Obviously Always Go Been Motown Fan

My favorite record label of all time is Motown. That era of music was my favorite. Kanye West

Music Time Favorite Record All-Time Record Label Era Label Motown

My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me. Katy B

Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records. Laurieann Gibson

About Something Records Development Days Passionate Been Motown Artist

I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank Sinatra, everything. Mayer Hawthorne

The 'Motown' detour for me was almost like it wasn't work. It was more fun than work, and that's all it takes for me to not be very responsible to other things I should have been paying attention to. Michael McDonald

Work Me Other Responsible More Detour Takes Almost Attention Like Been Motown Very Than Should Paying Fun Things

We came from the '60s era, when we started and made so many hits. The song value from the '60s was so darn good, you've got The Beatles, The Beach Boys, all of Motown, and plenty of other people, too... amazing records, amazing songs. Mike Love

Good You Beatles People Song Amazing Value Made Too Other Plenty Darn Beach Beach Boys Records Songs Boy Got Era Came Motown Hits Many Started

When I was growing up, my dad would always be playing Motown around the house. He loved Stevie Wonder and the Supremes and got me into Dionne Warwick. It was the best music I'd ever heard. It was just that extremely deep, human, thought-out stream of ideas. You can always hear something new when you listen to that music. Natalie Prass

Music Best Me You Stream Extremely Would Something Something New He New Ideas House Stevie Stevie Wonder Around Always Got Hear Heard Motown Up Wonder Listen Human Just Loved Deep Dad Growing Growing Up Ever Playing

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

Call Motown Mountain Egg Golden Landed Us

I'd heard a lot of Motown and Stax when I was a kid, but the more well-known end of it. On Jam tours, we had a DJ called Ady Croasdell who ran a '60s club. He turned me on to underground stuff and what people call northern soul. It just blew my mind. Paul Weller

Me Soul People Mind Club Ran Kid More Had He Tours Stuff Blew Underground Call Heard Lot End Motown Northern Just Jam Turned Who

It's marvelous when you visit Tokyo: they have these clubs, and they'll have 'Motown Night' or 'The Beatles - Totally Authentic and Live!' You know it's shrunk, but at least there's some sort of youthful figure to it. Whereas, the blues scene in Europe is more like, 'Here we go again.' Robert Palmer

You Beatles Live Visit Some Totally More Scene Marvelous Like Know Sort Least Go Motown Authentic Blues Whereas Again Clubs Figure Tokyo Europe Youthful Shrunk Here Night

My listening changed when I heard music from Stax, Atlantic, Motown because by that age I thought anything that my parents listened to must be square. So I had to find my own rock n' roll, as it were, and I found it in black soul music. Robert Palmer

Music Soul Age Listening Thought Black Parents Own Changed Must Find Atlantic My Own Had Because Soul Music Rock Rock-N-Roll Were Heard Motown Square Roll Listened Anything Found