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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.

— Rick Danko

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Smokey Robinson

My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.

— John Legend

I left Motown because of the regime of people who were there.

— Smokey Robinson

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.

— Stephanie Mills

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.

— Roy Wood

I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in my life.

— Raphael Saadiq

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.

— Berry Gordy

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

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.

— Simon Cowell

I love Motown, that whole era. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson. I just put on Pandora, and put it on Motown, and it makes me smile; makes me smile so much.

— Tika Sumpter

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