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> [As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-winter/as-far-as-i-m-concerned-blues-and-jazz-are-the-great-american/)

[Edgar Winter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-winter/)

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> [With a few exceptions like Kraftwerk, most great 20th century Western music is in some way American-based. And the great paradox of America, the paradox that distills America, is that this greatest of American contributions to humanity, this American contribution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-erickson/with-a-few-exceptions-like-kraftwerk-most-great-20th-century-western/)

[Steve Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-erickson/)

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