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
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
In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be… — Dexter Gordon 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
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
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
Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider… — John Legend Copy Share Image
People ask me why my figures have to be so black. There are a lot of reasons. First, the blackness is a… — Kerry James Marshall 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
Presley is country music, white music. Jazz is black music - it was invented by the blacks in New Orleans. And I'm… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I have a very simple mantra and it's this: I want to make black cinema with the power, beauty, and alienation of… — Arthur Jafa 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
I had written a tune called 'Shake, Rattle and Roll,' but the white stations refused to play it - they thought it… — Jesse Stone 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
I'm admitting that I don't know that to be true, but it does sound pretty good. So a big part of my… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
One motivation for the 'Soul Train' awards was the grumbling that all of us in the industry have heard about the way… — Don Cornelius Copy Share Image
There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact of no getting away from… — Eminem Copy Share Image
What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
I viewed black musicals before 'Jelly' as a form of cultural strip mining. The exterior remained, but all the culture that signified… — George C. Wolfe 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
Between Alan Freed in Cleveland and Bob Horn and Lee Stewart in Philadelphia and George 'Hound Dog' Lorenz in Buffalo, they began… — Dick Clark 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
In terms of black music - the only music that we can call our own, that was really born here - I… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I dont know anybody who can define it. Its like trying to define hip-hop. You cant just call it black music. Maybe… — Don Cornelius Copy Share Image
There was segregated unions, which was a real problem for me because - especially as I was working in the recording scene,… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
At the same time, I was listening to black music, and I began to think that the best musicians were receiving the… — Henry Flynt Copy Share Image
I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I think that if you hear music young, whatever music you hear influences you. I'm white, but I've been influenced by black… — Lisa Stansfield 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
The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced… — Boris Vian Copy Share Image
Rock and roll came in and changed my life and changed the whole music scene forever, and then I grew to love… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Black musicians rhythmicized the contredanse, creating musical styles which evolved into the habanera (also known as the tango) and, later, ragtime, as… — Ned Sublette Copy Share Image
The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by… — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
'Jelly,' more than any black musical before it, celebrated the majesty, the purity, the joy of so many artists who are unable… — George C. Wolfe 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
We had some Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross, but there's a lot of hip-hop and other black music that I just never… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
