Black Quote by Steve Young

There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things…

— Sam Phillips

From a very young age, I felt a spiritual, visceral, instinctual connection with 'black is beautiful.' Just the black experience and wanting to celebrate…

— Rachel Dolezal

Before many black singers were still labouring under that problem of God; it was often 'God will save us'. But right through the blacks…

— John Lennon

I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did -…

— Bobby Short

'Blackheart' was the moment for me to really open up and let people into the world that is me.

— Dawn Richard

I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in…

— Ray Charles

I'm admitting that I don't know that to be true, but it does sound pretty good. So a big part of my childhood was…

— Moshe Kasher

I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me, He had me feelin' like black was the thing to be.

— Tupac Shakur

I am the greatest thing to happen to black music.

— Thom Yorke

I loved the feeling I got when I sang. I loved the feeling that it gave to people when I sang.

— Jazmine Sullivan

The last song was so deep and raw and pure that I could not escape. It was as if the people were singing in…

— Anne Lamott

There was certainly, like, a rebellious, like, youthful rage in me. And there was also the fact of no getting away from fact that…

— Eminem