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63 American Music quotes by 54 unique authors

Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it. — Toni Braxton
I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except… — Terri Windling
I don't think there is much American music. — Harrison Birtwistle
I was into playing American music, especially the blues. — Mark Knopfler
I quite like American music, like The Fray - I'm a massive fan of them - and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff… — Louis Tomlinson
New Orleans is of such key importance to American music because historical factors combined to make it the strongest center of African musical practice in… — Ned Sublette
The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which… — Michael Tilson Thomas
There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music. — Paul Oakenfold
I love that there's this tradition of being able to discuss the heaviest topics and the gnarliest stuff that goes down in people's lives in… — Gillian Welch
Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort of living in… — Dan Auerbach
Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people - not only for… — Dierks Bentley
Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice. — Taylor Hackford
The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food,… — Fredric Jameson
The '60s were a time of great change in American music. — Alexandra Patsavas
Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music. — Johnny Otis
American music culture is black culture. — Yelawolf
I wanted a trumpet concerto that reflected Native American music because, well, there aren't any. I looked around for one but couldn't find anything. So… — Christopher Moore
I call this my church house trilogy. Souls' Chapel really was music from the Mississippi Delta, which to me is a church within itself. The… — Marty Stuart
It's not just hip-hop that's dead. Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good. — Nas
I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial. — Vera Farmiga
I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew… — Ben Harper
I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music… — Etta James
I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what… — Queen Latifah
It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why the… — Miriam Makeba
The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in… — Wynton Marsalis

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