American Quote by Peter Max

When I first moved from Shanghai when I was five, I just thought of myself as Chinese.

— Jenny Zhang

When we were in Beijing, they were all "it's an honor, you're playing at the oldest rock club in Beijing". And I was all…

— Mac DeMarco

[Bebop is] Chinese music.

— Louis Armstrong

I grew up in Shanghai, a big urban city.

— Jenova Chen

I was born and grew up in China during the 1960s.

— Li Lu

I've been interested in China ever since I was a kid. When I was a kid, I grew up in San Francisco about a…

— Russell Freedman

I'm more American than anything else. I grew up in China, but I was fulfilled at a young age by American music. It was…

— Peter Max

I was born in Suzhou, a city not very far from Shanghai. It's a very interesting town - there is a long artist's tradition…

— I. M. Pei

For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty and it's not what it is for me,

— Abigail Washburn

There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music.

— Paul Oakenfold

China was the first time I truly felt like an outsider. I fell in love with the process of trying to become intimate with…

— Abigail Washburn

In Shanghai, I saw great contrasts. On one street there would be impressive shops selling copies of the latest word in glamorous European fashion,…

— Doris Lessing