African music Quote by Linda Ronstadt

I made a living out of singing Mexican music.

— Jenni Rivera

American music has infiltrated the entire world enough as it is. Mexican music must be defended with vigilance.

— Juan Gabriel

There's definitely that tribal Africana thing going on in my sound. It's that marching band, second-line music, that Creole-influence in the kick, and the…

— Dawn Richard

You say 'African music' and you think 'tribal drumming.' But there's a lot of African music that's like James Brown, and a lot, too,…

— Damian Marley

I'm a singer, songwriter from Mexico.

— Natalia Lafourcade

I'm a mad fan of American guitarist Ry Cooder and he made a record using Mexican musicians, but with American soul singers doing the…

— Paul Young

It so happens that certain songs becomes part of culture, and culture is a form of preserving patterns. Yes, we're Mexican, and we're proud…

— Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega

I don't know much about pop music, and we sample music from all different cultures. I was trained in West African dance, so my…

— Sophie Hawley-Weld

I have been singing since childhood and, over the years, sang songs from different languages from India and across the globe.

— Asha Bhosle

There are a lot of influences from different countries in my music. For example, I chose the guitar in my music, I think that…

— Paulina Rubio

When people think of Mexican music, they most often think of mariachi, and that, of course, is one part.

— Lee Unkrich