Quotes on Motown

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

Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.

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.

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, you're always a Motown artist