Because Quote by Smokey Robinson

Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible to go…

— Archie Shepp

Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.

— Miguel

The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced with black…

— Boris Vian

Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.

— Cornel West

Black people's music is in a class by itself and always has been. There's nothing like it. The reason for that is because it…

— Toni Morrison

American music culture is black culture.

— Yelawolf

Black people created rock music, it's a fact. Black people created bluegrass and rock and roll way before Elvis Presley and The Beatles.

— Princess Nokia

We didn't go for music that sounded like blues, or jazz, or rock, or Led Zeppelin, or Rolling Stones. We didn't want to be…

— Michael Giles

In terms of black music - the only music that we can call our own, that was really born here - I don't think…

— Tom Waits

If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African…

— Dexter Gordon

As a black artist in America, you know, it is so segregated as far as the radio goes and how they position music on…

— Kelis

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.

— Barry White