Smokey Robinson famous quotes

Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist
-- Smokey Robinson

#Artist #Motown

As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Car #Stuff #Fur

If you feel like loving me, if you've got the notion, I second that emotion.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Emotion #Feels #Notion

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

#Musical #Events #Motown

Put your trust in me, let this love be. This is for real, let time stand still.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Romantic #Real #Love Is

That's what love is made of, snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, sugar, spice, and everything nice.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Dog #Nice #Love Is

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.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Song #Writing #Giving

Hickory dickory dock, I just want to be your clock. Just set me for a lifetime, and I'll wake you up every morning.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Morning #Games #Want

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

#Myth #Motown

You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Inspiration #Rocks #Today

You know what, life is full of temptations
-- Smokey Robinson

#Temptation #Life Is

I really haven't strayed too far, musically, from my roots
-- Smokey Robinson

#Roots

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

#Jail #Years #Church

We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves
-- Smokey Robinson

#Spiritual #Self #Worry

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me
-- Smokey Robinson

#Song #Men #Blessing

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

#Roots #Heavy #Duty

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

#Relationship #Inspirational Music #Taxi

People say I'm the life of the party Because I tell a joke or two Although I might be laughing loud and hearty Deep inside I'm blue So take a good look at my face You'll see my smile looks out of place If you look closer, it's easy to trace The tracks of my tears..
-- Smokey Robinson

#Song #Party #Blue

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.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Song #Writing #Trying

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.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Spiritual #Soul #Trying

And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Song #People

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home
-- Smokey Robinson

#Mother #Home #Heard

There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played
-- Smokey Robinson

#Detroit

They don't tell you this in school, Everybody plays the fool.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Teaching #School #Play

You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Thank You #Blessed #People

I don't like you, but I love you.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Love You #Like You

I will bring you a flower from the floor of the sea to wear in your hair.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Flower #Sea #Hair

A taste of honey is worse than none at all.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Taste #Honey #Adages

Pretty girls come a dime a dozen, try to find one who's gonna give you true loving.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Girl #Giving #Trying

There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people.
-- Smokey Robinson

#People #Competition #Want

Mistakes, I know I've made a few. But I'm only human, you've made mistakes, too.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Mistake #Philosophy #Made

I will build you a castle with a tower so high it reaches the moon.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Moon #Towers #Castles

Now if I appear to be carefree it's only to camouflage my sadness. In order to keep my pride I try to cover the hurt with a show of gladness.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Hurt #Sadness #Pride

Baby, let's cruise, let's flow, let's glide.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Baby #Expression #Flow

Before you ask some girl for her hand now, keep your freedom for as long as you can now. My Mama told me, you better shop around.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Family #Girl #Hands

She may be cute, but she's just a substitute.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Cute #May #Substitutes

Though you treat me badly, I love you madly.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Love You #Low Self Esteem #Treats

We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Temptation #Victim

When you write a song, a song has longevity
-- Smokey Robinson

#Song #Writing #Longevity

Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day
-- Smokey Robinson

#Artist #Firsts #Motown

Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Teenager #School #Doctors

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. ....And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves. ... 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. When you write a song, a song has longevity. ... 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. Songwriting is my gift from God.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Song #Writing #People

Everybody has their own soul.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Soul

The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white act to admit they grew up listening to black music.
-- Smokey Robinson

#White #Listening #Black

Songwriting is my gift from God
-- Smokey Robinson

#Songwriting #Gift From God

As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Dream #Kids #Would Be

There's some sad things known to man, but ain't too much sadder than, the tears of a clown when noones around.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Sadness #Men #Tears

Just like Pagliacci did, I try to keep my surface hid. Smiling in the crowd I try, but in a lonely room I cry.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Lonely #Trying #Crowds

With a heart that is truthful, keeping you youthful.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Inspirational #Heart #Truthful

There is nothing that means more to a woman than a love she can count on.
-- Smokey Robinson

#Mean #Advice