Inspiration Quote by George Gershwin

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.

— George Gershwin

The music was always the thing that has been in our world.

— Taylor Momsen

American music is always best when it comes from a mixture of things.

— Rhiannon Giddens

I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.

— Wynton Marsalis

I'm more American than anything else. I grew up in China, but I was fulfilled at a young age by American music. It was…

— Peter Max

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

— Brad Paisley

I regard myself as a true American musician, and I play every style that is my heritage.

— Michelle Shocked

I feel like the music should be a reflection of the culture and the world we're living in.

— Naughty Boy

People should feel proud about the music that we have in our country, and that's my objective.

— Shankar Mahadevan

The way music reflects real life, the way that painstakingly, over the years, what I have said is really a metaphor for what's happening…

— Immortal Technique

Music is the way our memories sing to us across time.

— Lance Morrow

It's like there's the rest of the world, and then there's America. Part of the reason I would really love continue to making music…

— Tom Odell