Smokey Robinson Quotes - Page 3

And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.

People say I'm the life of the party Because I tell a joke or two Although I might be laughing loud and hearty Deep inside I'm blue So take a good look at my face You'll see my smile looks out of place If you look closer, it's easy to trace The tracks of my tears.

Just like Pagliacci did, I try to keep my surface hid. Smiling in the crowd I try, but in a lonely room I cry.

If some of those people who wanted to ban Beethoven's music could hear the music that's being played today, wow, what would they do, man?

There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people.

I don't like you, but I love you.

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

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

There is nothing that means more to a woman than a love she can count on.

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

I will build you a castle with a tower so high it reaches the moon.

Now if I appear to be carefree it's only to camouflage my sadness. In order to keep my pride I try to cover the hurt with a show of gladness.

Baby, let's cruise, let's flow, let's glide.

You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless.

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

My philosophy on writing a song for myself is that I always, always, always want to write a song. I always want to write a song. I realize that as a record producer or a singer or whatever I might not, if I recorded on myself or someone else, the first time out I might not give it the right treatment, so that the world or many people will accept it and it'll be a public hit, or anything like that.

Beethoven was just music, and it didn't matter if he could hear it or not - he could feel it. He could hear it in his mind. He could write it down hearing it in his mind. He was just music. Yeah, he's one of my favorite writers of all times.

Originally I was not writing songs for myself

I've never been to rehab, I've never been to psychotherapy or the doctor or anything like that. I went to a church and I was prayed for, and I've always had a great relationship with God.