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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.
Smokey Robinson
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Smokey Robinson
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 19
Musician
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Detroit
Michigan
William 'Smokey' Robinson
Jr.
Wm. Robinson
William Robinson
Jr.
Bill Smokey Robinson
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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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You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless.
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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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Songwriting is my gift from God
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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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We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
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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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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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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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Originally I was not writing songs for myself
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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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Though you treat me badly, I love you madly.
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I don't like you, but I love you.
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Baby, let's cruise, let's flow, let's glide.
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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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When you write a song, a song has longevity
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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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Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist
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