The whole thing about 'progressive R&B' blows my mind. Black music has always been progressive. — Kelela Copy Share Image
“Even the Dreamers, lost in their great reverie, feel it, for it’s Billie they reach for in sadness, and Isley they hum… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
White people couldn't do black music back in the day because they weren't funky or bad enough. They weren't from the ghettoes,… — Narada Michael Walden Copy Share Image
Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible… — Archie Shepp 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
Even though it's called Music Of Black Origin, it's not just music for black people. Music is for everybody. I think it's… — Alesha Dixon Copy Share Image
I want to remind people that black music is amazing. And there are all forms of it that we've forgotten, you know?… — Robert Glasper Copy Share Image
A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of. — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
When I was in college, the Roots, the sui generis ensemble from Philadelphia encompassing all manner of black music, played a show… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
You cannot have black music without something soulful in it, whether it's lyrically, how it's performed, or how it's expressed. — BJ the Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
I'm proud to be white. I don't have anything against my color. But I don't think color matters, either. Just like I… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
When people say Jerry Lee Lewis invented rock n' roll, they forget Little Richard. People talk about Elvis Presley and forget he… — Ato Essandoh Copy Share Image
I was attracted to black music for the same reason that I loved those old Irish ballads. Both were social statements of… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
Black musicians were imitating speech cadences, and Kerouac was imitating the black musicians' breath cadences on their horns and brought it back… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
I never thought I was playing black music. I was just playing music, the stuff I liked. I sang blues at parties… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
A lot of the media says, 'oh, black musician converts X-number of Klansmen.' I never converted one. But over 200 have left… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Though I'm not the first king of controversy, I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley. To do black music so selfishly,… — Eminem Copy Share Image
Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general. — Lionel Hampton Copy Share Image
I was relatively isolated from people of color. My parents are too old to be Baby Boomers; they had me later in… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres. — Miguel Copy Share Image
I'm making black music. That's the only outline for me, really. That's the only boundary to stay with. It's soul music. I'm… — D'Angelo Copy Share Image
“A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do. You've got to kick off with a corker, to hold the… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
