Berry Gordy

To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown

A quote from the founder of Motown, Berry Gordy, about for the record giant.

 

"My own dream for a hit factory was . . . shaped by principles I learned on the Lincoln-Mercury assembly line. . . . I wanted the same concept for my company, only with artists and songs and records [instead of cars]. I wanted a place where a kid off the street could walk in one door an unknown and come out another a recording artist -- a star."

-- From To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown, by Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown (Warner Books, 1994)

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