Author: Smokey Robinson

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

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

- Smokey Robinson

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.

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

So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.

So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.

- Smokey Robinson

That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.

That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.

- Smokey Robinson

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home.

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home.

- Smokey Robinson

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.

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.

- Smokey Robinson

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.

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.

- Smokey Robinson

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

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

- Smokey Robinson

In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.

In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.

- Smokey Robinson

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