America Quote by Roy Harper

The cultural impact of records is more important to me than a No. 1 record.

— The-Dream

Back then it was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young. I was stupid.

— Alex Rodriguez

“I realize that we are often wary of making these kinds of broad generalizations about different cultural groups--and with good reason. This is the…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I find myself increasingly forced to think of my ethnic identity instead of the national identity I adopted as a boy in 1976. That…

— Max Boot

“The United States is a conceited nation with shallow roots, and what happened before living memory doesn't seem to interest most people I know…

— Katharine Weber

The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our country.

— Rza

I pretty much figured out in grade school that we weren't the stereotypical American family.

— Xander Schauffele

Most of them are pretty down records, pretty unhappy, pretty confused. Which only reflects how people in general were feeling, I mean really the…

— Lester Bangs

When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience…

— Dinaw Mengestu

We knew we were making records for a certain demographic. We didn't look outside of that.

— Declan Donnelly

We've been able to record the music of cultures that did not have recording, and thus preserve it. But there is also a negative…

— Michael Snow

When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part…

— Johnny Otis