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The Music Business Has Made A 360. It's A Whole 'nother Game. It's Not Nearly What It Was. And I Fear For It, Because, You Know, With The Advent Of The Computer And Online And Downloading And All These Things, They Have Destroyed - That Stuff Has Destroyed The Record Business, Not The Music Business, But The Record Business. The Music Business Is Well, And It's Alive And Thriving. Now, I Hope Something Happens To Turn It Back Around To The Point Whereas It's - You're Earning A Living From Writing Your Songs, From Your Work, You Know, Because It's Not Like That Anymore.

-Smokey Robinson

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Smokey Robinson

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The Music Business Has Made A 360. It's A Whole 'nother Game. It's Not Nearly What It Was. And I Fear For It, Because, You Know, With The Advent Of The Computer And Online And Downloading And All These Things, They Have Destroyed - That Stuff Has Destroyed The Record Business, Not The Music Business, But The Record Business. The Music Business Is Well, And It's Alive And Thriving. Now, I Hope Something Happens To Turn It Back Around To The Point Whereas It's - You're Earning A Living From Writing Your Songs, From Your Work, You Know, Because It's Not Like That Anymore.

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