Top 23 Quotes & Sayings by Dennis Edwards

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Dennis Edwards.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Dennis Edwards Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations, on Motown Records. Edwards joined the Temptations in 1968, replacing David Ruffin and sang with the group from 1968 to 1976, 1980 to 1984 and 1987 to 1989. In the mid-1980s, he attempted a solo career, scoring a hit in 1984 with "Don't Look Any Further". Until his death, Edwards was the lead singer of The Temptations Review, a Temptations splinter group.

American - Musician | February 3, 1943 - February 1, 2018

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Every Motown act dressed classy, and we were clean-cut. Whenever you saw a Motown act, they were polished, and they knew how to treat people.

Dennis Edwards

We have a portion of our show where we ask everybody to get up and do the Temptation Walk. People 8 to 80 know how to do that Temptation Walk.

Dennis Edwards

I like to think I was just lucky. I didn't think I was better than anybody else, but I could sing everybody's songs.

Dennis Edwards

A singer knows how he wants the song to go, and a writer visualizes how he wants the song to go.

Dennis Edwards

When you're doing something you love to do, when you have a gift, it's the most rewarding thing.

Dennis Edwards

Singing rock n' roll - they called it singing for the devil. But we all wanted an opportunity to compete in the music industry, and that was the opportunity.

Dennis Edwards

I'm not an original member, though I'm sort of an original member. I've been on a lot of records and took them to great heights. For them to make me the sixth Temptation is quite an honor.

Dennis Edwards

When I first got to Motown, Smokey was already a fixture there. To me, he is one of the greatest songwriters and poets, so anything they ask me to do for Smokey is going to get a yes.

Dennis Edwards

I had a mother who prayed for me, and prayer changes everything.

Dennis Edwards

We never do two shows the same way. The audience has a lot to do with that spontaneity, and it's our job to satisfy them.

Dennis Edwards

Country life is different from city life, but I think it was good for me. Working on the farm, I got a balance in my life.

Dennis Edwards

We always felt that there was some hanky-panky going on with our money. We were the No. 1 group in the world, but we weren't paid like that.

Dennis Edwards

The thrill of standing on the stage and hearing the crowd, it's the greatest feeling in the world. It's a blessed feeling.

Dennis Edwards

My whole life, I've been a Temptation.

Dennis Edwards

Sam Cooke was a gospel singer like myself, and when he crossed over and started singing rock n' roll, it kind of gave me the green light to go ahead and do it.

Dennis Edwards

The secret to The Temptations is the music: simple music about a man loving a woman. We talk about the lady when we need her, when we want her to be there; we talk about ain't too proud to beg. It's simple, you know? You can't go wrong.

Dennis Edwards

There were a lot of great acts at Motown, and some of them were hard to get along with.

Dennis Edwards

St. Louis is the best thing that ever happened to me. I needed that peace in my life. And I've always been a semi-country boy.

Dennis Edwards

I'd like to thank God for giving me the opportunity to sing with the greatest group in the world.

Dennis Edwards

Marvin Gaye was a friend of mine, and he used to say, 'Man, I wish I could sing like you - if I could have that growl in my voice.' And I said, 'Man, are you kidding me? I want to sing like you. Everybody wants to sing like you.'

Dennis Edwards

I used to tell my mother, 'I'm going to have to get a real job one day.' You keep saying this will end one day, but people still call us up and ask us to sing. It's truly amazing.

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