Black Quote by George C. Wolfe

I viewed black musicals before 'Jelly' as a form of cultural strip mining. The exterior remained, but all the culture that signified where the…

— George C. Wolfe

When 'Jelly's' went out on tour, no one really wanted it. It was undersold. And I knew if I gave 'Noise' to someone else,…

— George C. Wolfe

Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.

— Ahmet Ertegun

“The fact indeed that music—like love, electricity and other elemental forces—cannot be defined is its special glory. It is a peculiar, mysterious power; [1]…

— Walter Raymond Spalding

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

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

“Music is not just the black dots on the white paper -- it's what happens when those black dots go into your heart, and…

— Phil Smith

Music is truly love itself, the purest, most ethereal language of the emotions, embodying all their changing colors in every variety of shading and…

— Carl Maria von Weber

So it was out of necessity that Blackheart was born. I think it's great that now, 25 years later, we're not only putting out…

— Joan Jett

“Music is an invisible being which is able to create a visible happiness!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

You cannot have black music without something soulful in it, whether it's lyrically, how it's performed, or how it's expressed.

— BJ the Chicago Kid

The music tends to be an expression of one's darker moments.

— David Gilmour