Berry Gordy Quotes

United States, Record Producer
November 28, 1929

Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929) is an American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American business for decades

Also known as Songwriter, Film Producer, Television Producer

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
- People
- Music
- Black
I'm a songwriter, that's what I love.

Berry Gordy

Today's business climate is not for me.

Berry Gordy
- Business
- Today
Whenever I came up against presidents of other companies, I was always smarter, because I was from the streets.

Berry Gordy
- Up
I have this ability to find this hidden talent in people that sometimes even they didn't know they had.

Berry Gordy
- People
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.

Berry Gordy
- People
- Writing
- Why
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
- People
- Work
- Family
If I settle a case out of court, it's because I love the person.

Berry Gordy