Shining Quote by Sara Genn

The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can…

— Nat King Cole

“We "BLACKS" we have many talents and many great things we can do in life...but we just don't have the ability to try.”

— Ralph Ramovha

Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different.…

— Chad Hugo

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

— Archie Shepp

Of course, it's fun to play with Blacks.

— Boris Vian

Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace.

— Tommy Bolin

Disco does work better with black artists or players. They just feel it more.

— Giorgio Moroder

I was competing for attention in a four-piece band that was phenomenal, and I was trying to attack the blues from a kind of…

— Robert Plant

Blacks essentially play the race card, when necessary as a counter to white privilege.

— Jonathan Coleman

Too many whites still see blacks as a group apart.

— Constance Baker Motley

I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have been…

— Dizzy Gillespie

I'm just hoping that, as more black artists take control of the narratives that are out there, more opportunities will come around for artists…

— KiKi Layne