Don’t judge yourself by others’ standards…have your own. And don’t get caught up into the trap of changing yourself to fit the world. The world has t…

- Berry Gordy

Every day I watched how a bare metal frame, rolling down the line would come off the other end, a spanking brand new car. What a great idea! Maybe, I…

- Berry Gordy

I'm a songwriter, that's what I love.

- Berry Gordy

The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things …

- Berry Gordy

Motown was about music for all people – white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone.

- Berry Gordy

But once I saw them [Jackson 5 during audition], I rushed out with my video camera to start taping them because I knew that they were something so sp…

- Berry Gordy

I didn't want to be a big record mogul and all that stuff. I just wanted to write songs and make people laugh.

- Berry Gordy

Money had never been the main thing for me. It's the legacy that was important.

- Berry Gordy

I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely comp…

- Berry Gordy