Black Quote by M.I.A

I have no interest in making music solely for a white audience. If that's what our audience is, I don't really feel responsible for…

— Panda Bear

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 collaborated with so many people from Chicago - so many Black people, young Black women organizations like BYP100 and Assata's Daughters. Just being…

— Vic Mensa

Playing rock 'n' roll music, it's going to be integrated, but being black you didn't want to go into some neighborhood where you weren't…

— Gail Ann Dorsey

I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies,…

— Zoe Kravitz

I'd like to see more crossover between white and black music. That's something I've been advocating for years.

— Daryl Hall

The black community has for a long time been a part of the Hollywood community, and of course we would love to have a…

— Rza

I'm what they call a 'non-black person of color': NBPOC. It's easy and seductive and common to mobilize around these identity issues, but often…

— Vijay Iyer

We have to start creating more material that gives a platform for people of colour, for women, for old people and young people alike…

— Stephan James

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

I grew up in a mixed-race family in Bristol. My cousin was this white guy who was interested in Parliament, Marc Bolan, Bowie. His…

— Tricky

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