Motown Quotes

I heard Dylan (Bob Dylan) when he first came out, and I remember seeing people wandering around with his album under their arms. But at that time I wasn`t into ... folk music. Oh, acoustic guitars? It was not my thing. I was very much into Otis Redding, soul music, Stax, Motown. And guitars had to be electric for me, to be exciting.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

We talked with other labels, but Universal Motown was really interested in my growth as an artist. This single is a great way to launch my recording career.