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I'm a songwriter, that's what I love.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
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Today's business climate is not for me.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
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Today
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If I settle a case out of court, it's because I love the person.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
Court
Love Person Because
Case
Settle
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Money had never been the main thing for me. It's the legacy that was important.
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Important
Legacy
Music Business
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I have this ability to find this hidden talent in people that sometimes even they didn't know they had.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
Ability
African American
Aptitude
People
Talent
Talent People Sometimes
People Sometimes Find
Hidden
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I didn't want to be a big record mogul and all that stuff. I just wanted to write songs and make people laugh.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
People
Song
Writing
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Whenever I came up against presidents of other companies, I was always smarter, because I was from the streets.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
Smarter
Streets
Companies
Presidents
Whenever
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There aren’t enough people who care about the future. They are too busy worrying about today and what they can grab now
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
People
Who Cares
Worry
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Motown was about music for all people - white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
Music
Black
Blue
Green
Motown
People
Reluctant
White
Alienate
Anyone
Cops
Our Music
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Motown was about music for all people – white and black, blue and green, cops and the robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone.
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Blue
People
White
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The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people.
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Book
People
Purpose
Understood
Writing
Guess
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All artists have runners, people that tell them what to do, business managers, lawyers, these - if they get the right ones, they're lucky, and if they get the wrong ones, they're unlucky.
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Artist
Lucky
People
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Michael Jackson was not an artist who comes along once in a decade, a generation, or a lifetime. He was an artist who comes along only once, period… He raised the bar and then BROKE the bar!
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Artist
Bars
Generations
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Don’t judge yourself by others’ standards…have your own. And don’t get caught up into the trap of changing yourself to fit the world. The world has to change to fit you. And if you stick to your principles, values and morals long enough, it will.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
Change
Smile
Judging
Long
Principles
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I've discovered that Motown and Broadway have a lot in common - a family of wonderfully talented, passionate, hardworking young people, fiercely competitive but also full of love and appreciation for the work, for each other and for the people in the audience.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
Appreciation
Audience
Broadway
Common
Hardworking
Motown
Passionate
People
Young
Love Family Work
Competitive
Full
Talented
Discovered
Love Work Family
Fiercely
For The People
Wonderfully
Young People
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His [Michael Jackson] behavior was weird, but when you get an artist and a genius, many of the geniuses throughout our whole history were weird. And they did weird things because none of us could understand what was on their mind and why they did what they did.
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Artist
Genius
Mind
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But once I saw them [Jackson 5 during audition], I rushed out with my video camera to start taping them because I knew that they were something so special, mainly because of the lead singer, nine-year-old Michael Jackson. And it was just so obvious to me that he was a star.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
Special
Stars
Years
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It's like losing a son because I loved Michael and Michael loved me. But you know, as when people grow up and they make their own decisions and they move forward, there's a distance, and I think that Michael in some cases might have gone too far with some of the things he was doing.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
Distance
Growing Up
Moving
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Every day I watched how a bare metal frame, rolling down the line would come off the other end, a spanking brand new car. What a great idea! Maybe, I could do the same thing with my music. Create a place where a kid off the street could walk in one door, an unknown, go through a process, and come out another door, a star.
Berry Gordy / Record Producer
Kids
Doors
Stars
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