My uncle Claude was my favorite uncle he was also my godfather. He and I were really, really close. He used to take me to see cowboy movies all the time when I was a little boy because I loved cowboy movies. He got a cowboy name for me, which was Smokey Joe. So from the time I was three years old if people asked me what my name was I didn't tell them my name was William, I told them my name was Smokey Joe.
Smokey RobinsonIf some of those people who wanted to ban Beethoven's music could hear the music that's being played today, wow, what would they do, man?
Smokey RobinsonOne thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth
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