List of Smokey Robinson Quotes

Drugs Are In Every Walk Of Life - Doctors, Lawyers, Preachers, The Guy Who Works For Ibm, Teenagers On The Street, Teenagers In School.

When Someone Picks Up One Of My Songs And Records It, I'm A Flattered Man, It's A Blessing To Me

Just Like Pagliacci Did, I Try To Keep My Surface Hid. Smiling In The Crowd I Try, But In A Lonely Room I Cry.

It Kills Me To See People Think That, Show Business Is Sex, Drugs And Rock And Roll. And I Have What You Call A Meet And Greet. I Do It Before The Show. But When I Was Doing It After The Show Especially, There Would Be People Who Would Come Back And Said, Ok, Smoke, Where's The Party?

The Music Business Has Made A 360. It's A Whole 'nother Game. It's Not Nearly What It Was. And I Fear For It, Because, You Know, With The Advent Of The Computer And Online And Downloading And All These Things, They Have Destroyed - That Stuff Has Destroyed The Record Business, Not The Music Business, But The Record Business. The Music Business Is Well, And It's Alive And Thriving. Now, I Hope Something Happens To Turn It Back Around To The Point Whereas It's - You're Earning A Living From Writing Your Songs, From Your Work, You Know, Because It's Not Like That Anymore.

Hickory Dickory Dock, I Just Want To Be Your Clock. Just Set Me For A Lifetime, And I'll Wake You Up Every Morning.

I Always Try To Write A Song, I Never Just Want To Write A Record. Originally I Was Not Writing Songs For Myself. Songwriting Is My Gift From God.

That's What Love Is Made Of, Snakes, Snails, And Puppy Dog Tails, Sugar, Spice, And Everything Nice.

Without You Hearing A Melody Or Music Or Anything Like That, It Would Say Something To You. So, That's What A Song Is To Me. Now, You Have A Lot Of Songs That Come Out, And The Beat Carries Them Over There, Because Of The Beat, And Because Of Some Other Factors And So On And So Forth. But I Want Mine To Be A Song, If You Read It, It's Going To Mean Something To You.

Everybody Has Their Own Soul.

If I Hear One Of My Songs By Anybody, It's A Dream Come True Every Time For Me As A Songwriter, Because I Want To Write A Song, I Want To Write A Song That The World Can Sing And Will Always Sing.

Motown Will Always Be A Heavy-duty Part Of My Life Because Those Are My Roots