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Smokey Robinson
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Smokey Robinson
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 19
Musician
Record Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
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Television Actor
Detroit
Michigan
William 'Smokey' Robinson
Jr.
Wm. Robinson
William Robinson
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Bill Smokey Robinson
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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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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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I will bring you a flower from the floor of the sea to wear in your hair.
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They don't tell you this in school, Everybody plays the fool.
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Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist
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I still perform because it's a necessity for my innards. And those songs, some of those songs, I have sung, I don't know how many thousands of times. And I promise you, every single solitary night, they're new to me. They are brand-new to me that night.
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You know what, life is full of temptations
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That's what love is made of, snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, sugar, spice, and everything nice.
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Beethoven was just music, and it didn't matter if he could hear it or not - he could feel it. He could hear it in his mind. He could write it down hearing it in his mind. He was just music. Yeah, he's one of my favorite writers of all times.
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I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
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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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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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Songwriting is my gift from God
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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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You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless.
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And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.
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We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
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Originally I was not writing songs for myself
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People say I'm the life of the party Because I tell a joke or two Although I might be laughing loud and hearty Deep inside I'm blue So take a good look at my face You'll see my smile looks out of place If you look closer, it's easy to trace The tracks of my tears.
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