I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro. — William Christopher Handy Copy Share Image
The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television,… — Fredric Jameson Copy Share Image
I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I call this my church house trilogy. Souls' Chapel really was music from the Mississippi Delta, which to me is a church… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
American music is something the rest of the world wants to listen to. Our job is to make sure they pay for… — Jason Michael Berman Copy Share Image
It's like there's the rest of the world, and then there's America. Part of the reason I would really love continue to… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
I quite like American music, like The Fray - I'm a massive fan of them - and The Killers. I also like… — Louis Tomlinson Copy Share Image
Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music. Emotionally, he honestly absorbs the vibrations emanating from the people,… — Jerome Kern Copy Share Image
I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
It is a cultural tradition that makes New Orleans what it is. It also represents the roots of American music and an… — Bill Taylor Copy Share Image
In fact, a lot of critics seemed to consider R.E.M. the first American music since the '60s to break out on its… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
It's an honor for me to close out Mysteryland. In American music history this is hallowed ground. I think electronic music has… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better… — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
