119 Quotes by Smokey Robinson

Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist

People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.

We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves

When you write a song, a song has longevity

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

There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played

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.

I had been stockpiling Gospel songs for other artists, and had planned to submit them to Gospel artists.

My uncle Claude was my favorite uncle he was also my godfather. He and I were really, really close. He used to take me to see cowboy movies all the time when I was a little boy because I loved cowboy movies. He got a cowboy name for me, which was Smokey Joe. So from the time I was three years old if people asked me what my name was I didn't tell them my name was William, I told them my name was Smokey Joe.