“America wasn't interested in the roots of house music because it was too black, it was too gay, it was all these things, and today it's made very sanitized and white.” MadeTodayAmericaHouseBlackWhiteGayMusic IsRootsHouse Music Author:Felix Buxton
“I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it gets our image out in other ways than in movies.” ThinkingWayReasonCultureBlackAcceptanceMusic IsPopsRapSolePop CultureRap MusicVery Popular Author:Ice Cube
“House Music isn't black or white. It just is. It feels good & it feels right.” FeelsHouseBlackWhiteMusic IsFeel GoodFeels RightBlack Or WhiteHouse Music Author:Frankie Knuckles
“...black music is a group music. That's why I don't like doing a solo saxophone thing: My feeling stems from rhythm, I really have to feel that rhythmic thing happening.” FeelsFeelingsBlackGroupsMusic IsHappeningsThings HappenRhythmStemSoloSaxophoneBlack Music Author:Jimmy Lyons
“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 was not tampered with by white people. It was not on the media. It was not anywhere except where black people were. And it is one of the art forms in which black people decided what is good in it. Nobody told them. What surfaced and what floated to the top, were the giants and the best.” PeopleHas BeensArtReasonFormBlackWhiteClassMediaMusic IsDecidedGiantsBlack People Author:Toni Morrison
“I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became a successful pop singer, even though the kind of music I liked was more elitist, which is what I'm trying to get back to.” TryingKindBlackSuccessfulMusic IsPopsBritishSingersGet BackElitistAmerican MusicBritish Music Author:Lulu
“Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.” SelfTogetherBlackCommunityMusic IsFundamentalsCementBlack Community Author:Cornel West
“It's not very long ago that we were all singing country music. And country music is equally black as it is white and that's important to recognize.” LongImportantCountryBlackWhiteMusic IsSingingLong Ago Author:Ketch Secor
“Country music is the combination of African and European folk songs coming together and doing a little waltz right here in the American south. They came together at some cotillion, and somebody snuck a black person into the room, and he danced with a white lady, and music was born.” LittlesPersonsCountryTogetherSongBlackBornWhiteRoomsMusic IsSouthFolksCombinationComing TogetherBlack PersonWaltzFolk SongsCotillion Author:Ketch Secor