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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.
Smokey Robinson
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Smokey Robinson
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 19
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Detroit
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William 'Smokey' Robinson
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William Robinson
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It kills me to see people think that, show business is sex, drugs and rock and roll. And I have what you call a meet and greet. I do it before the show. But when I was doing it after the show especially, there would be people who would come back and said, OK, Smoke, where's the party?
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With a heart that is truthful, keeping you youthful.
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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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Mistakes, I know I've made a few. But I'm only human, you've made mistakes, too.
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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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We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves
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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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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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Pretty girls come a dime a dozen, try to find one who's gonna give you true loving.
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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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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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Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist
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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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That's what love is made of, snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, sugar, spice, and everything nice.
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Baby, let's cruise, let's flow, let's glide.
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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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I don't like you, but I love you.
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Though you treat me badly, I love you madly.
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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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