The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music. — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it - sometimes full-fledged hope. — Jordan Peele 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
Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it. — Toni Braxton Copy Share Image
At its best, American music is the soundtrack of our long - and often painful - march toward a more perfect union. — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
We're a staple in the American music culture. Like us or not, we're here to stay. — Jonathan Cain Copy Share Image
Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music. — Johnny Otis 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 think it's that thing of growing up all the time watching American movies and listening to American music. It hits you… — Ben Mendelsohn 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
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
Banjos are used in Celtic, English folk music and obviously American music. But not that much in pop music. But it's more… — Winston Marshall Copy Share Image
American music comes from the same tree, but sometimes we get to these places in history where we forget where things come… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
American music has become really heavily stylised and focused on production. With producers like the Neptunes and Timbaland, it's so much about… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
I'm kind of glad that, over the years, K-pop has really been going into a much more global audience. Especially since I… — Tiffany Hwang 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
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
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 was interested in a whole range of music that I used to play, popular music -- particularly American music -- that… — John Renbourn Copy Share Image
Everybody in Germany was for the -German cause. But then, after the war ended, when I heard the first Glenn Miller sound… — Luigi Colani Copy Share Image
I'm so interested in the feminism of women in American music. These ladies, going out on the road, way before the opportunities… — Rhiannon Giddens 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
All roads lead to 'American Pie.' 'As American as apple pie' was the saying. It was some kind of a big American… — Don McLean 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
The American Music Awards mean more to us; that's a people's award, and we're a people's band. The Grammys are the critics. — David Bryan 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
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 think Marvin Gaye is one of the greatest American music icons. His 'What's Going On' is as fresh today as when… — Lynn Whitfield Copy Share Image
As a kid growing up in Sweden loving American music, I always dreamt of migrating here and working with brilliant artists like… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on… — Jonathan Cain Copy Share Image
American music has infiltrated the entire world enough as it is. Mexican music must be defended with vigilance. — Juan Gabriel Copy Share Image
I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host… — Queen Latifah 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
The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning. — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
English urban artists were very used to making secondhand American music, and I thought that was boring. — Labrinth 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
It's going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music. — B. B. King 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
The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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