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Smokey Robinson

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

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

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"That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to."
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"Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots."
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