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- Nov 07, 2020
American Music Quotes
Tracing a sound that reaches the world.
These American music quotes trace the genre's roots, including the idea that true American music grew out of Negro musical tradition, alongside artists who value family over any Getting awards ceremony.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm kind of glad that, over the years, K-pop has really been going into a much more global audience. Especially since I really am leaning towards pursuing the American music market.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beale Street is a very famous street in the history of America. You know, American music in particular. From the blues to jazz, it's a connecting city from New Orleans that goes all the way up to Buffalo through New York.
- Getting
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Getting into the banjo and discovering that it was an African-American instrument, it totally turned on its head my idea of American music - and then, through that, American history.
- Diversity
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The whole path of American music has been so much about the recognition of stylistic diversity, and the recognition of the importance of music which was from one of the vernacular traditions.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love old-time music, I love country music and I love the American music that we have to offer the world. And any part of that is fine with me, as long as it's pure.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Marvin Gaye is one of the greatest American music icons. His 'What's Going On' is as fresh today as when he did it.
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Performing the American Music Awards and having Harrison Ford introduce you behind the John Williams orchestra for Star Wars, and then Meghan Trainor is in the front just standing up and like, 'I love you guys!' That was a huge moment.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're a staple in the American music culture. Like us or not, we're here to stay.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Early American music and early folk music, before the record became popular and before there were pop stars and before there were venues made to present music where people bought tickets, people played music in the community, and it was much more part of a fabric of everyday life. I call that music 'root music.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I think that's a fantastic thing. In Europe, being principal conductor means merely that you're the person who does most of the concerts. For me, that simply isn't enough.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, the thing is I always listened to American music way more than French music.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.
- American Movies
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- Nov 07, 2020
My love for American music and American movies is from an early age. I was 10 or 11 when I heard Fats Domino and Little Richard and Buddy Holly. And the movies, my dad used to take my brother and I to the movies every Friday. It was incredible: we got to see just about every movie that came out for a period of years.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Nov 07, 2020