Black Quote by Anonymous

Many people early on actually thought I was a black performer!

— B. J. Thomas

I didn't know what kind of sound I wanted to make. I didn't have no influences. I just heard my voice in the microphone…

— Blueface

I think that if you hear music young, whatever music you hear influences you. I'm white, but I've been influenced by black music.

— Lisa Stansfield

Because my early music was heavily produced, people assume my voice was also heavily produced.

— Tiffany Darwish

I've always been told I sound black.

— Colm Wilkinson

Growing up, I was constantly labeled an 'oreo' by my black peers because of my proper speech and 'valley girl accent.'

— Franchesca Ramsey

I was a black singer with a white voice, a perfect pop voice.

— Brenda Holloway

I was relatively isolated from people of color. My parents are too old to be Baby Boomers; they had me later in life. So…

— Jess Row

I'm admitting that I don't know that to be true, but it does sound pretty good. So a big part of my childhood was…

— Moshe Kasher

And my identity...I never really wondered about it because, unfortunately, I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown.

— Wynton Marsalis

When I started doing press after college, I never got asked about my racial identity; I was asked more about being a girl in…

— Michelle Zauner

All my friends were black and Mexican. I was the only white kid in our group and had to work hard to be accepted.…

— Vanilla Ice