Kind Quote by Virgil Thomson

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

— Carlisle Floyd

I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.

— Joanna Newsom

I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.

— Wynton Marsalis

I don't think there is much American music.

— Harrison Birtwistle

I was fortunate enough to have the success in America, and the fact that I write a lot of songs helps.

— Mark Morrison

Seriously, I lived in America for a while, I've been in lots of different bands, I write songs for all sorts of different artists.

— Chesney Hawkes

To me, all music that is made under the umbrella of the United States of America is Americana music.

— Marty Stuart

I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally…

— Steve Vai

I don't like making things too complicated when writing songs. I want to write in a very easy language that many people will understand.

— Natalia Lafourcade

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

— Marilyn Horne

You can't get a better education in what it is to write songs until you listen to American soul music.

— Roisin Murphy

I'm more American than anything else. I grew up in China, but I was fulfilled at a young age by American music. It was…

— Peter Max