Different cultures Quote by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ethnic music the world 'round is quite fascinating," "There are an enormous number of similarities there, and it's the similarities that are so appealing.…

— John Renbourn

I'm very influenced by landscapes, not so much the way places look as the way the names sound. In this country we've got so…

— Emmylou Harris

I like ethnic, local cultural music. When we travel, we look at faces, we look at the things people make, and music is one…

— Richard Harris

Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for instance -you…

— David Byrne

I want to investigate different cultures, to see how their identities and values affect their music. It's one way I can get to know…

— Yo-Yo Ma

I've been to India, Jordan, South Africa, Namibia, Senegal, Australia, Madagascar, Oman, The States, and a lot of countries in Europe, just to visit...…

— Jain

I'm always trying to connect the East and West, trying to connect the dots; that's why a lot of my songs are in English.…

— Jackson Wang

However, I need to make music that represents my inner truth and inner voice. I've found myself more able to do that within an…

— Anoushka Shankar

What unites us is our culture. You just have to listen to European music, from north, south, east and west, to hear we're all…

— Jack Savoretti

Everybody does music from his culture and his experiences with his culture. There are not so many people who are interested by the music…

— Rokia Traore

It seemed [there are] musical nodes on the planet where cultures meet and mix, sometimes as a result of unfortunate circumstances, like slavery or…

— David Byrne

I think I had the same notion most people have, which is it’s simply a town that percolates around country music. Though country-music history…

— Joy Williams