I was born with music inside me

I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of

— Ray Charles

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

— Victor Hugo

I'm born to do music. I'm born to act. I'm born to dance and all of these things, and I will be respected.

— Lil Mama

I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted.

— Janis Ian

When I was born, my dad was playing music, so I'm pretty sure he was singing to me in the womb. I was born…

— Adrianne Lenker

Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements.

— Trombone Shorty

I think my music is born out of the music that I personally like to listen to. I love amazing singer-songwriters and diverse artists…

— Hoodie Allen

“She was born as music–a single, mellow note suspended in the air. Suspended as if strung from nothing, held into possibilities of sound. Her…

— Debi Cimo

My mam and dad were blasting Steely Dan when I was born; the music hasn't stopped since then.

— Sam Fender

Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an African American…

— Michael Eric Dyson

What city has given the world more in terms of American culture than New Orleans? There is none. Not New York. Not L.A. Not…

— David Simon

I visited New York in '63, intending to move there, but I noticed that what I valued about jazz was being discarded. I ran…

— Joe Sample

I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

— Ahmet Ertegun

I had a fascination with the roots of African American music. That would have been my first education in music. I had a real…

— Hozier

African American music can't happen in Germany or in Italy or in Mumbai. If America disappeared off the face of the Earth today, the…

— David Simon