When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me
Smokey RobinsonHickory dickory dock, I just want to be your clock. Just set me for a lifetime, and I'll wake you up every morning.
Smokey RobinsonAnd I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.
Smokey RobinsonThe music business has made a 360. It's a whole 'nother game. It's not nearly what it was. And I fear for it, because, you know, with the advent of the computer and online and downloading and all these things, they have destroyed - that stuff has destroyed the record business, not the music business, but the record business. The music business is well, and it's alive and thriving. Now, I hope something happens to turn it back around to the point whereas it's - you're earning a living from writing your songs, from your work, you know, because it's not like that anymore.
Smokey Robinson