Blackness Quote by Jamie Foxx

I hate negativity in general. We, as artists, we pour so much into our music and put out something we believe in... it sucks…

— Thomas Rhett

I don't see why black should be a negative and it's not negative. The people perpetrating that particular thought are wrong.

— John Barnes

Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.

— Cornel West

I think my philosophy in music has been to accentuate the positive.

— Mike Love

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

Hate and anger and disappointment and rage can be channeled in music into the most positive place.

— Brody Dalle

I make negative music, but I also make positive music because that's what thrown at me with life.

— Tyga

There is a perception within our community and the world that black people don't love each other. That we don't fight for each other.…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

We will not go out there and make negative music for selfish gain.

— Sonny Sandoval

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 think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted.

— Godfrey Reggio

That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen…

— Smokey Robinson