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Funk Music Quotes

12 quotes from 11 authors

Funk's infectious rhythm pulls listeners into a groove that feels both nostalgic and fresh. Twelve short quotes from eleven voices capture the genre’s raw energy, cultural pulse, and how it can become an instant habit. Fans of the beat often also enjoy Jazz Fusion, Soul Music, or Hip Hop.

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Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.

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I love funk! That's the music I grew up on.

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I worked in reggae, hip-hip, jazz, funk - all the music I used to relate to.

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I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.

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If some people don't like funk music then it's just the wrong time for them. They will get it. It's addictive.

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With Chic, Nile took disco-funk music, which was a quintessentially underground, African-American style in black clubs and gay club and made it…

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I've always gravitated towards the beats, obviously. And when I was growing up, I always loved funk music or even - dare…

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When you talking about funk music you just talking about a collage of a lot of different types of music. They used…

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I feel so honored that I'm bringing part of the culture of my country to other countries, you know, like the funk…

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I played in a band and attended Grambling University. I think the Mob style funk music I do was patterned after the…

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My plays are for the kind of black people who relate to funk music, to Parliament-Funkadelic. When those guys get out of…

Suzan-Lori Parks

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Basically I made her [ Sara Pocock] listen to funk music for a good month, a nonstop stream of George Clinton. I…

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