Rick Danko Quotes

I love Motown, that whole era. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson. I just put on Pandora, and put it on Motown, and it makes me smile; makes me smile so much.

I honed in on a great time, the Motown era, the '60s and '70s. That type of music has always been a staple in my life.

My introduction to Motown was through The Jackson Five and Michael Jackson. Michael's been my greatest creative inspiration, so that's how I really became familiar with Motown as a whole, and as I got older, I learned far more about the other groups.

My favorites are Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, but those are a little off in terms of getting Detroit right on the head. But of course, you know, "Dancing In The Streets." You can't forget the Motor City. And we can't forget the Motor City.

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.

I know that's blasphemous when you are from Detroit, but I was never a fan of Motown stuff. I don't care for the production much.

I loved Motown. I loved the musicality and the sound.

We are all big Motown fans.

I lived on the north side of Detroit. Right down the street from me there was a young man by the name of Smokey Robinson. I was very proud to live down the street from him because he was our only celebrity in town. He was singing with the Miracles.

Motown, Motown, that's my era. Those are my people.

There were many stars in Motown's firmament - among them, Stevie, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Diana Ross - but I happen to have loved the Four Tops most of all.

One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth.

Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes.

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

My favorite record label of all time is Motown. That era of music was my favorite.

Back in the day, Motown was on the pulse of young America. It wasn't about just dope contemporary. It was pop, it was R&B, it was all of that.

I'm a huge fan of Motown. When you saw them on stage, you saw sparkle... you saw attitude. They didn't have on t-shirt and jeans.

I grew up listening to a lot of different types of music, and R&B in particular was something that I loved - Aaliyah, Usher, Alicia Keys, TLC.

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

I stumbled into soul music at a very young age. It had something that really spoke to me.

A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.

People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.

I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music.