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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.

When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in the band sang and we did a lot of harmonies.

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.

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.

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point.

Motown was the mecca. It was every writer's dream to work there.

I grew up not far from where Motown was founded, maybe 300 miles from Detroit and I've always liked - I used to like the way they made records. I still do, I just haven't had a chance to hear as much. They used to entertain me.

Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes.

Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist.