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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
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I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.
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Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God.
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And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.
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When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.
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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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The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures.
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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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There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those 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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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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There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played.
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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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