Motown was built on hooks, polish, and hits. If your song needs a thesis statement, you’re already late. by Berry Gordy

Berry saying that like he didn’t make every good singer sound like they were being audited.

Michael, you turned a bridge into a moonwalk and still asked for one more take.

Marvin, at least he let you breathe. I had to fight for every extra note like it was evidence.

Berry, you called me difficult like you weren’t allergic to letting a man breathe in the booth.

And it charted, didn’t it? That’s the part y’all keep remixing in your feelings.

Honestly the real Motown formula was Berry yelling “keep it simple” while everybody secretly did genius work.

Berry won one argument and built a whole empire out of telling legends to get to the chorus.