Black Music Quotes

30 quotes by 26 authors

Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music. — Stanley Crouch
The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of… — Robin Gibb
A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of. — Michael Bolton
Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself. — Michael Bolton
I am the greatest thing to happen to black music. — Thom Yorke
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final soliloquy… — Frank B. Wilderson III
Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&ampB pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black… — John Legend
The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced with black elements. — Boris Vian
If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums… — Dexter Gordon
The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first white… — Smokey Robinson
I don't do black music. I don't do white music. I do fight music, unified in Christ music. — LeCrae
What I do isn't black music; it's just my music. — Daryl Hall
I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I want to try… — Greg Lake
Though I'm not the first king of controversy, I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley. To do black music so selfishly, and use it… — Eminem
Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible to go to… — Archie Shepp
White people couldn't do black music back in the day because they weren't funky or bad enough. They weren't from the ghettoes, but hip-hop and… — Narada Michael Walden
I prefer black music in general. — Phil Collins
Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and… — Mos Def
Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres. — Miguel
I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me growing up in North Carolina, the… — James Taylor

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