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When you write a song, a song has longevity
Smokey Robinson
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Smokey Robinson
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 19
Musician
Record Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Television Actor
Detroit
Michigan
William 'Smokey' Robinson
Jr.
Wm. Robinson
William Robinson
Jr.
Bill Smokey Robinson
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Songwriting is my gift from God
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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.
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Before you ask some girl for her hand now, keep your freedom for as long as you can now. My Mama told me, you better shop around.
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As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this.
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As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.
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Baby, let's cruise, let's flow, let's glide.
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The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures.
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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
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Pretty girls come a dime a dozen, try to find one who's gonna give you true loving.
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I will bring you a flower from the floor of the sea to wear in your hair.
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You know what, life is full of temptations
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We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
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I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
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Mistakes, I know I've made a few. But I'm only human, you've made mistakes, too.
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Originally I was not writing songs for myself
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If I just gave you a piece of paper with the lyrics written down on it, it would mean something to you. It would tell you a story.
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Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist
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We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves
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The one thing about God that's so beautiful is He is omnipotent, and He is the Almighty. But He's not a dictator.
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They don't tell you this in school, Everybody plays the fool.
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