American music Quote by Miriam Makeba

American music is something the rest of the world wants to listen to. Our job is to make sure they pay for it.

— Jason Michael Berman

In Europe, radio stations are owned by a variety of different entities, so there is less uniformity on radio programming and more opportunity for…

— Wendy Starland

One reason I rarely listen to radio is they don't play our music much.

— Rick Nielsen

There are so many conditions to programming in America, where it's dominated by these people that own 800 radio stations that have no idea…

— Merle Haggard

It's a despicable world we're living in now. It's the most disgusting time for music in terms of big wigs, guys who like playing…

— Jamie Lidell

Radio in the U.K. is so formulaic. You've got commercial stations who play the same 20 songs all day.

— Keren Woodward

Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the…

— Ira Glass

The fact that there isn't a performance right [for the use of sound recordings on ­terrestrial radio] means there's hundreds of millions of dollars…

— Neil Portnow

Honestly, Americans are more open-minded and have the patience and the time for new types of music. In Australia and New Zealand, you must…

— Gin Wigmore

I think a lot of people would be better off in America, where at least you would find some radio station somewhere that would…

— Brian May

It's a great thing that the United States has given the rest of the world - no other country has given such great popular…

— Tony Bennett

Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.

— Hilary Rosen