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> [Today, music is visual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/today-music-is-visual/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

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## More by Archie Shepp

> [Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/rap-actually-took-root-in-the-negro-community-and-then-in-the/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [And when I met Cecil Taylor it was a complete transformation of musical identities. All the tenets that I had grown up with were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/and-when-i-met-cecil-taylor-it-was-a-complete-transformation-of/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights Movement and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/it-was-a-particularly-interesting-and-exciting-time-and-the-european/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a chance on a guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/so-i-was-just-a-young-guy-maybe-with-an-idea-and-cecil-taylor-himself/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/yes-the-audience-is-so-important-to-negro-music-especially-the/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/a-whole-generation-of-young-whites-have-involved-themselves-with/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [In America, for a brief time, people who followed John Coltrane were studied and considered important, but it didn't last long. The result is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/in-america-for-a-brief-time-people-who-followed-john-coltrane-were/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [You get a show where people are jumping up and dancing, but it's not a critical event in the sense of profound catharsis. Essentially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/you-get-a-show-where-people-are-jumping-up-and-dancing-but-it-s-not-a/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [I can't see any separation between my music and my life. I play pretty much race music: its about what happened to my father,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/i-can-t-see-any-separation-between-my-music-and-my-life-i-play-pretty/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/negro-music-and-culture-are-intrinsically-improvisational-existential/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [All the tenets that I had grown up with were thrown out the window.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/all-the-tenets-that-i-had-grown-up-with-were-thrown-out-the-window/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [I find that here in the States, audiences are generally less knowledgeable, from the cognitive point of view, though they are emotionally more receptive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/i-find-that-here-in-the-states-audiences-are-generally-less/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/in-rap-music-even-though-the-element-of-poetry-is-very-strong-so-is/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [Music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/music-and-culture-are-intrinsically-improvisational-existential/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

> [Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archie-shepp/black-music-has-become-a-commercial-commodity-live-performances-are/)

[Archie Shepp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archie-shepp/)

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