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"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."

"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."

"I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor."

"It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this."

"You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect."
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"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."


"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."


"You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it."


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