The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music. — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember, he was a chocolate, cherubic-faced genius with an… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references. — Carlisle Floyd Copy Share Image
I joke to people in the press that I realize I'm not black, I'm actually white. But I've got these roots in… — Glenn Hughes Copy Share Image
I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are… — Etta James Copy Share Image
New Orleans is of such key importance to American music because historical factors combined to make it the strongest center of African… — Ned Sublette Copy Share Image
African American music can't happen in Germany or in Italy or in Mumbai. If America disappeared off the face of the Earth… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it. — Toni Braxton Copy Share Image
I never set out now to get a Grammy, or get an American Music Award, but it still is nice to be… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
Foreigners have a complex set of associations in their minds when they think of America - from Iraq to 9/11, certainly, but… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and second because most of… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices… — Boz Scaggs Copy Share Image
Bill Monroe spoke of bringing 'ancient tones' into his music with echoes of British and Irish fiddle and bagpipe music, while also… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people. — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I love that there's this tradition of being able to discuss the heaviest topics and the gnarliest stuff that goes down in… — Gillian Welch Copy Share Image
My love for American music and American movies is from an early age. I was 10 or 11 when I heard Fats… — Ian McLagan Copy Share Image
Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice. — Taylor Hackford Copy Share Image
What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the… — Carlisle Floyd Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
