“Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there f...” — Smokey Robinson Quote

“Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day.”

“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.”

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

“At home, it was always Motown and that late '80s/early '90s R&B like Jodeci pumping through the speakers.”

“The first writers I knew about were Motown's Holland-Dozier-Holland.”