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Originally I was not writing songs for myself
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Smokey Robinson
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 19
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
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Television Actor
Detroit
Michigan
William 'Smokey' Robinson
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Wm. Robinson
William Robinson
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Bill Smokey Robinson
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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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Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.
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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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Mistakes, I know I've made a few. But I'm only human, you've made mistakes, too.
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Put your trust in me, let this love be. This is for real, let time stand still.
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We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
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Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist
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Though you treat me badly, I love you madly.
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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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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 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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I don't like you, but I love you.
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You know what, life is full of temptations
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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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With a heart that is truthful, keeping you youthful.
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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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You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless.
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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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