Quotes About Culture

I love Indian music very much, but I haven't studied that specifically.

I mean, people listen to music, and they like that, but I think in England, a lot of people don't like contemporary art.

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.

I love this young people's music.

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.

We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.

Most of America don't even listen to music probably. They just go raccoon hunting or something.

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

Culture changes, fashions change, customs change. Great music is immortal.

I really and truly believe that music represents humanity's soul.

At the heart, it is world music that I do. It's all connections. Ultimately, we're all connected.

If one takes all the styles in jazz harmonically from the earliest beginnings to the latest experiments, he still has a rather limited scope when compared to the rest of music in the world.

[Bebop is] Chinese music.

Today the most outlaw thing you can possibly do in Nashville, Tennessee, is play country music.

Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music.

I want to be enriched by the music I listen to. That's the reason it never really exists in the mainstream. Because that's not what most people are after.

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 keep my ear to the streets - that's how I know music. I live, breathe, eat, and sleep music. That's it. Nothing else.

Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.

Music used to cause revolutions and I'm not seeing much revolution anymore.

It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.

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

It is interesting seeing young people these days and watching how unimportant music is in their lives compared with our generation.