Black Quote by Tricky Download Open image “I had an uncle who adored Al Green. He was white, but he only listened to black music.” — Tricky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black music Green Music Only
My mom was a big fan of Al Green... James Brown we weren't allowed to listen to, so of course I knew James Brown. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
A lot of people at the highest level, I never listened to. It was hard for me to listen to a whole lot of… — Jaimoe Copy Share Image
Between Alan Freed in Cleveland and Bob Horn and Lee Stewart in Philadelphia and George 'Hound Dog' Lorenz in Buffalo, they began to find… — Dick Clark Copy Share Image
I was relatively isolated from people of color. My parents are too old to be Baby Boomers; they had me later in life. So… — Jess Row Copy Share Image
My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument. — Bill Kreutzmann Copy Share Image
In my first term, I sang Al Green. In my second term, I'm going with Young Jeezy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community. — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
I think that if you hear music young, whatever music you hear influences you. I'm white, but I've been influenced by black music. — Lisa Stansfield Copy Share Image
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
People associate me with Al Green and Curtis Mayfield, but these aren't people that I listened to growing up. I got into them much… — Van Hunt Copy Share Image
I began to practise day and night, and the more I did, the more I was overwhelmed by the tremendous achievement of that great… — Gilad Atzmon Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm in a bad mood, sometimes I'm in a good mood. It's like everyone else. — Tricky Copy Share Image
My background was Rude Boys, Teddy Boys, rockabillys and skinheads. I was into reggae and Blondie and The Cure, and especially The Specials -… — Tricky Copy Share Image
I don't believe in death. I just don't think all that love and all that energy can just disappear into nothing. — Tricky Copy Share Image
There's bound to be turbulence in any situation if you're with someone for long enough. Especially if you're with someone like me. — Tricky Copy Share Image
She ain't my queen. My grandmother is my queen, and my auntie, my cousin, my daughters... the Queen's never done anything for me. — Tricky Copy Share Image
Success has got nothing to do with being happy. I've been very rich, and been unhappy, and I've been very poor, and been happy. — Tricky Copy Share Image
I can be anything I want when I do an album. I can be vulnerable, I can be weak, I can be nasty, I… — Tricky Copy Share Image
I've a kinship with women. That's why I've always put women in strong positions in music. — Tricky Copy Share Image
I have my routine. In the evenings I watch 'Seinfeld' and 'Frasier.' That finishes about 11.30 and then I go to bed. I get… — Tricky Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
