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" As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money. "
Smokey Robinson
Human
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Diamonds
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" We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves. "
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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. "
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" That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to. "
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" 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. "
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" I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God. "
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" 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. "
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" Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist. "
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" There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people. "
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" I left Motown because of the regime of people who were there. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist. "
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" When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me. "
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" There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played. "
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" Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots. "
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" My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home. "
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