Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties,… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
Britney and I wore matching denim outfits [to the 2001 American Music Awards]. Yeah, another bad choice. I’d probably pay good money… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
Of course when you are a kid you listen to what your parents had around. A lot of gospel, jazz. Now when… — Jorma Kaukonen Copy Share Image
It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I… — Burt Bacharach Copy Share Image
You know, jazz is the mother of all American music. R&B and pop and rap and everything are the branches on the… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
I'm weird - I don't really listen to American music while I'm writing. I do occasionally get an anthem song, but generally… — Violet Duke Copy Share Image
You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
I'm still trying to make it. I'm still trying to get this over and do it and hopefully leave some kind of… — Steve Forbert Copy Share Image
Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I… — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway.… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedian. I'm not a show host. I'm a musician. That's why I've turned down offers to host the Grammy… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Above all else, [Benny Goodman] was a great player, one of the greatest American music has produced. He brought his absolute talent… — Stanley Crouch Copy Share Image
One of the most memorable live performances of my career took place on the 2002 American Music Awards show when I had… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music. — Paul Oakenfold Copy Share Image
Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz. — Cassandra Wilson Copy Share Image
My personal tastes... I actually like quite a bit acoustic and more mellow kinds of things. I quite like American music, like… — Louis Tomlinson Copy Share Image
It's not just hip-hop that's dead. Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good. — Nas Copy Share Image
I'm still kind of a hapless character in my everyday life. But when it comes to the writing, my influences are very… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning. — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became… — Lulu Copy Share Image
It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
If you met my dad, I think a lot of things would be put to rest. Because my pops is a pretty… — Eric San Copy Share Image
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