Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
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.
Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist.
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.
My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I left Motown because of the regime of people who were there.