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“jazz is the expression of America's romantic self, its sensual potency, its lyrical force.”

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Author:Anais Nin

“No composer has yet caught this rhythm of America - it is too mighty for the ears of most.”

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Author:Isadora Duncan

“In the Negro melodies of America I find all that is needed for a great and noble school of music.”

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Author:Antonin Dvorak

“The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous - I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ... It was just something you could never do.”

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Author:John Lennon

“My life with the Beatles had become a trap... I always remember to thank Jesus for the end of my touring days; if I hadn't said that the Beatles were 'bigger than Jesus' and upset the very Christian Ku Klux Klan, well, Lord, I might still be up there with all the other performing fleas! God bless America. Thank you, Jesus.”

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Author:John Lennon

“Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going to make a very bold statement: Hip-hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations.”

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Author:Jay-Z

“Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world.”

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Author:Ahmad Alaadeen

“If America has a future, Jazz has a future. The two are inseparable.”

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Author:George Russell

“I think there are only three things that America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music and baseball. They're the three most beautifully designed things this culture has ever produced.”

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Author:Gerald Early

“Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and independence through which, eventually, jazz was evolved, and the music is so free that many people say it is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.”

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Author:Duke Ellington

“Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America.”

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Author:Ken Burns

“Jazz is America's classical music.”

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Author:Billy Taylor

“Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.”

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Author:Paul Whiteman

“The popular song is America's greatest ambassador.”

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Author:Sammy Cahn

“The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political idea is as he has of the principles of counterpoint. Each is a thing used in politics or music which those fellows who practice politics or music manipulate somehow. Show him one and he will deny that it is politics at all. It must be corrupt or he will not recognize it. He has only seen dried figs. He has only thought dried thoughts. A live thought or a real idea is against the rules of his mind.”

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Author:John Jay Chapman