I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.
- Martha Reeves
True, Made, Berry, Worshipped
Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members.
- Martha Reeves
Most, Earnings, Half, Performers
Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit.
- Martha Reeves
Work, Lead, Singers, Singled
I was stranded in Disco. I went to dozens of darkened places with enough flashing lights to drive the average person mad. I felt lost in the pulse of sheer panic.
- Martha Reeves
Disco, Average, Dozens, Pulse
There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work.
- Martha Reeves
Business, Think, Will, Cork
God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful.
- Martha Reeves
Grateful, I Am, Singers, Mighty
After years of making wrong decisions in my life, in 1977 I found out that it was all right to be square, simple, and sober.
- Martha Reeves
Simple, My Life, Making, Sober
If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.
- Martha Reeves
Myself, Start, Prestigious, Enough People
You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.
- Martha Reeves
Some, Very, Side, Kin
Detroit is full of talent.
- Martha Reeves
Talent, Full, Detroit
A large family makes you accept sharing your parents.
- Martha Reeves
Makes, Your, Large, Sharing
Going on with life, it only gets more and more intense as time goes by - and the challenges only multiply.
- Martha Reeves
Challenges, More, Going, Intense
I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people.
- Martha Reeves
Some, Motown, Learned, Elementary School
I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results.
- Martha Reeves
Always, Pray For, Quick, Miracles
The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.
- Martha Reeves
College, Graduation, Back, High-School
I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time.
- Martha Reeves
Worry, Will, Always, Hurry
Disco music in the '70s was just a call to go wild and party and dance with no thought or conscience or regard for tomorrow.
- Martha Reeves
Thought, Disco, Conscience, Wild
I have always thought music as a way out of the ordinary mundane obligations of life.
- Martha Reeves
Music, Thought, Always, Mundane
A song has to become as much a part of you as a tailored suit.
- Martha Reeves
Song, Part, Suit, Tailored
Good and bad - this is the story of my life.
- Martha Reeves
Good, My Life, Bad, Story
I still marvel at how God turns dreams into reality.
- Martha Reeves
Reality, How, Still, Marvel
Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world.
- Martha Reeves
Over, Studio, Discovered, Berry
The world I was born into was one filled with music.
- Martha Reeves
Music, World, Born, I Was Born
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