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Quotes About Berry Gordy

There are certain things that we take for granted that simply would not have existed without the great migration. Motown, for example, would not have existed - it simply would not, because Berry Gordy, the founder of it, his parents had migrated from Georgia to Detroit where he founded Motown, and where did he get his talent?
~ Isabel Wilkerson
I think Berry Gordy is a genius, I really do, and it's not a word I throw around lightly. But with all that comes the idiosyncratic behavior of a self-made, talented, creative person, and that's not easy to come up against.
~ Suzanne de Passe
Berry Gordy is a music legend, and we all know that, but I don't think Berry gets enough credit for his involvement with the civil rights movement.
~ Brandon Victor Dixon
Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world.
~ Martha Reeves
I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.
~ Martha Reeves