Quotes About Roots

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.

There were never any doctors in my family. But my grandparents and my mother had a strong social conscience that was formative.

Talking about your home town is like talking about your own mother.

I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother.

Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin.

If the house is to be set in the order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past

I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising.

The roots of Cuban music are in my head.

I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.

The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.

I grew up with reggae music.

Music is just something that explains people lives for them - that's what people call roots

First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.

Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.

It's very strange how electronic music formatted itself and forgot that its roots are about the surprise, freedom, and the acceptance of every race, gender, and style of music into this big party.

I grew up in the country surrounded by music.

The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning.

Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of the living earth.

I got country music in me.

I'm homeless, in a funny way. My culture I think is completely rooted in German 19th century music I suppose.

There are two sides of me, the bachata/tropical Latin side and the English pop as well. They're both equally important, so I'll always make sure to keep both roots in my music.

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.

This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.

I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.