Art Quote by India Arie

I paved the way for a lot of white artists now that don’t have to deal with the stigma of being a white artist.…

— Jon B

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.

— Barry White

As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices.

— Mike Stoller

That's what this industry is all about - supporting artists and supporting storytellers and hearing the audience for what they want and need. There…

— Mara Brock Akil

There is this feeling among black artists that you have to be really careful. We're not inclined to talk about this stuff because, if…

— Kelela

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

One of the reasons I didn't ever pursue a career - in the music world if you're black or mixed, you need to be…

— Carmen Ejogo

I think it's always been especially hard for black people to let go of musicians who do heinous things because music is such an…

— Amanda Seales

Sometimes when you sign to label as a black artist, they expect you to have a certain appeal. It's like they think they know…

— Van Hunt

Black artists are encouraged to explore their identity but are then pigeonholed according to their ethnicity. We may have seen the decline of old…

— Munira Mirza

I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.

— Boy George

The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists

— Michael Jackson