27 Quotes by Dennis Edwards

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    When I first got to Motown, Smokey was already a fixture there. To me, he is one of the greatest songwriters and poets, so anything they ask me to do for Smokey is going to get a yes.

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    I had some good Alabama raising. You might do something wrong, but you wouldn't do it but once.

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    I like to think I was just lucky. I didn't think I was better than anybody else, but I could sing everybody's songs.

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    When you're doing something you love to do, when you have a gift, it's the most rewarding thing.

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    A singer knows how he wants the song to go, and a writer visualizes how he wants the song to go.

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    When The Temptations began, we wanted to be visual. So we did our own choreography and developed our own uniforms.

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    The thrill of standing on the stage and hearing the crowd, it's the greatest feeling in the world. It's a blessed feeling.

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    There were a lot of great acts at Motown, and some of them were hard to get along with.

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    Singing rock n' roll - they called it singing for the devil. But we all wanted an opportunity to compete in the music industry, and that was the opportunity.

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