African american Quote by Moby

I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

— Ahmet Ertegun

I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.

— Ahmet Ertegun

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

The thing is: Yes, I'm white and yes, I love African music, and I can't do anything about it.

— Jain

We were a very politically active family. My father was one of the first lawyers in South Africa to have a black partner, so…

— Trevor Rabin

I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.

— Maya Angelou

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

There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things…

— Sam Phillips

I began to practise day and night, and the more I did, the more I was overwhelmed by the tremendous achievement of that great…

— Gilad Atzmon

There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact of no getting away from fact that…

— Eminem

A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.

— Archie Shepp

You leave white people alone in constant isolation for 2,000 years, and you know what their musical contribution will be? Riverdance!

— Greg Proops