Black music Quote by Dick Clark

I was attracted to black music for the same reason that I loved those old Irish ballads. Both were social statements of sorts, and…

— Michael McDonald

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

There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things…

— Sam Phillips

There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact of no getting away from fact that…

— Eminem

I grew up in a mixed-race family in Bristol. My cousin was this white guy who was interested in Parliament, Marc Bolan, Bowie. His…

— Tricky

Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.

— David Sanborn

My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

— Bill Kreutzmann

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

I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies,…

— Zoe Kravitz

I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish…

— Janis Ian

I was living and working with adult men who were playing a real art form. And I had been playing blues all my life.…

— Steve Miller

When I think about a Chicago sound, I think about the Great Migration from the South. Many of Chicago's black artists are from Mississippi,…

— Rhymefest