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

- Smokey Robinson

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.

- Smokey Robinson

I left Motown because of the regime of people who were there.

- Smokey Robinson

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

- Smokey Robinson

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

- Smokey Robinson

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

- Smokey Robinson

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

- Smokey Robinson

When you write a song, a song has longevity.

- Smokey Robinson

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.

- Smokey Robinson

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

- Smokey Robinson

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

- Smokey Robinson

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

- Smokey Robinson

I played golf all over Detroit.

- Smokey Robinson

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home.

- Smokey Robinson

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

- Smokey Robinson

Originally I was not writing songs for myself.

- Smokey Robinson

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

- Smokey Robinson

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

- Smokey Robinson

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.

- Smokey Robinson

You know what, life is full of temptations.

- Smokey Robinson