Black Quote by Mose Allison

What I do isn't black music; it's just my music.

— Daryl Hall

Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.

— David Sanborn

I was relatively isolated from people of color. My parents are too old to be Baby Boomers; they had me later in life. So…

— Jess Row

When I was a kid, I was following black soul music.

— Robert Plant

I prefer black music in general.

— Phil Collins

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 was living and working with adult men who were playing a real art form. And I had been playing blues all my life.…

— Steve Miller

When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.

— Molly Ringwald

I am the greatest thing to happen to black music.

— Thom Yorke

The music I like or the football teams I like or the food I eat has nothing to do with me being black.

— Darius Rucker

I think that if you hear music young, whatever music you hear influences you. I'm white, but I've been influenced by black music.

— Lisa Stansfield

Trying to be really dark and alienating just felt exhausting to me, so I started going back to the music that I grew up…

— St. Lucia