Black Quote by Sam Phillips

That's interesting: people deriving their identities from their music.

— Ethan Coen

My music is about identity.

— Rostam Batmanglij

When I started doing press after college, I never got asked about my racial identity; I was asked more about being a girl in…

— Michelle Zauner

Growing up, I was confused about my identity: I felt like I wasn't black enough to be black, but not white enough to be…

— Mabel

All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in…

— Chuck Berry

Black artists are encouraged to explore their identity but are then pigeonholed according to their ethnicity. We may have seen the decline of old…

— Munira Mirza

I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies,…

— Zoe Kravitz

My identity started developing through the songs I was writing.

— Banks

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

— Jain

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

— Lena Horne

I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced…

— Roy Ayers

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

— Archie Shepp