Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential.
Smokey RobinsonRon White was not one of the very first original members of the Motown staff, but eventually he was.
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