Quotes About Heritage

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

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

I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.

Jamaica's probably the most dominant island as far as influence goes, as far as music and dancing and culture.

It is evidently known, beyond contradiction, that New Orleans is the cradle of Jazz and I, myself, happened to be the creator in the year 1902.

The art of music above all the other arts is the expression of the soul of a nation.

African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West.

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.

That.s what Jazz music is all about.We started the Messengers because somebody had to mind the store for jazz.No America--no Jazz. It is the only culture that America has brought forth.

When I think about country music, I think about America.

Music has shaped men's fashion and transposed in a playful and witty manner its riding or military heritage. It is difficult to figure out who leads but music and fashion are connected genetically.

O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

I think folk music helps reinforce your sense of history. An old song makes you think of times gone by.

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions.

There's a similarity between European and North African folk musics.

Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon.

I don't think what I do is influenced by suffering. I come from a talented people who are prolific in music and dance.

I got country music in me.

It may be that my most helpful contributions to music aren't my compact discs but my articles about other great singers of the past for American Heritage magazine.

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

I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mom is from Croatia, and my dad is from Iran. They met at music school in Belgium. I grew up as a pianist.