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Smokey Robinson

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


— Smokey Robinson


#blessed #ever #god #i #know

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


— Smokey Robinson


#i can #most #people #recorded #say

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


#did #dream #dreams #ever #i

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


— Smokey Robinson


#cars #diamonds #furs #human #human beings

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


#every #guy #ibm #lawyers #life

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


#come #done #ever #feel #gift

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.


— Smokey Robinson


#i #i always #just #never #record

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


#because #being #considered #event #ever

I had been stockpiling Gospel songs for other artists, and had planned to submit them to Gospel artists.


— Smokey Robinson


#been #gospel #gospel artists #gospel songs #had

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


#even #gives #hear #i #might






About Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson Quotes




Did you know about Smokey Robinson?

With his help the Miracles released their first single "Got a Job" an answer song to the Silhouettes' hit single "Get a Job" on End Records. His top rank as songwriter and producer dropped after the arrivals of Holland–Dozier–Holland and the team of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong and other Motown artists such as Gaye and Stevie Wonder. Robinson later wrote the lyrics that became his first top ten pop single "Cruisin'".

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Following the sale of Motown Records in 1988 Robinson left Motown in 1990.

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