Audience Quote by 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.

— Archie Shepp

I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.

— Maya Angelou

I have no interest in making music solely for a white audience. If that's what our audience is, I don't really feel responsible for…

— Panda Bear

Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't…

— Redd Foxx

To just get in front of different kinds of audiences is important for me. I do think it's important for music to be a…

— Ashley Monroe

Even though it's called Music Of Black Origin, it's not just music for black people. Music is for everybody. I think it's good that…

— Alesha Dixon

Music has no race. It appeals to everybody.

— Tinie Tempah

Music absolutely played a massive role in bridging many gaps in the racial divides I would encounter.

— Daryl Davis

Audiences respond in entirely different ways. One thing is unanimous - music binds us altogether.

— Aleksey Igudesman

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

— Michael Tippett

Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.

— Cornel West

I've learned that my people are not the only ones oppressed... I have sung my songs all over the world and everywhere found that…

— Paul Robeson