American music Quote by Michael Tilson Thomas

What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which…

— Carlisle Floyd

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

— Rhiannon Giddens

We have said on many occasions that we have countless styles and genres of music to show our fans.

— Rose

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

— Carlisle Floyd

Most of our American musical heritage is based on European models, but the folk hymns and spirituals are one of the most fertile and…

— Mack Wilberg

You want to think about certain styles of music as being reflective of a certain culture or a certain time or a point of…

— Robin Pecknold

I always had an appreciation for diverse musical styles.

— Mick Foley

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

We tap into a lot of things from musical history when making the songs.

— Chris Stein

I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American…

— Etta James

The stories in our music form a special viewpoint on the story of America in the 20th Century.

— Marty Stuart

The American new music scene is remarkably vibrant.

— Michael Hersch