The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind… — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
I'm more American than anything else. I grew up in China, but I was fulfilled at a young age by American music.… — Peter Max 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
My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience,… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
Everybody likes music. And rock 'n' roll - that was the music that brought white youth and black youth together for the… — Daryl Davis 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
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
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
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
Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz,… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good. You got a handful of great guys… — Nas 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
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
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
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
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
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
Getting into the banjo and discovering that it was an African-American instrument, it totally turned on its head my idea of American… — Rhiannon Giddens 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
There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift… — John Deacon 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
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
I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to the rest of the world. I… — Wagner Moura Copy Share Image
“It's called a gui-tar. It's used to perform American rural music. It's said to be especially popular in Texas," he told her.… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
We'd play the American bases and found all these wonderful records by Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Sam Cooke. Without American… — Dave Clark 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
Being from Brazil, I missed out on a lot of American music, so I like to go back and check things out… — Max Cavalera Copy Share Image
I've always predominantly listened to American music, so when I've made records, I do always think 'It's a shame this isn't being… — Jack Savoretti Copy Share Image
People like to compartmentalise music, especially African-American music, but it's really one thing. One very wide thing. I mean, it's like all… — Kamasi Washington 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
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
Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
I'd been listening to African-American music since the first record I ever bought, which was by Sam Cooke. And it sounds more… — David Toop 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
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 start learning English in fifth grade. I was 12. But even before then I was listening to American music. My neighbor… — Ivica Zubac 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
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
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
I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me growing up in… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
