Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
“How strange it was that the music people favored defined them in so many ways—what they liked, what they rejected, what stuck… — Ken Goldstein Copy Share Image
It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends,… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
In the, uh, '30s and '40s, the Brill Building was the hub of, uh, musical activity in Tin Pan Alley in New… — Al Kooper Copy Share Image
