American Music Quotes

I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students.

We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.

We're a staple in the American music culture. Like us or not, we're here to stay.

Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.

I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.