119 Quotes by Smokey Robinson

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.

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

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me

You know what, life is full of temptations

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.

Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.

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

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