Smokey Robinson

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home.

As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.

One thing I can say about the Motown acts is that we were a family. That's not a myth.

So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.

In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.

Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God.