#american music

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

— William Christopher Handy

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I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music. ↗

— Ben Harper

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I joke to people in the press that I realize I'm not black, I'm actually white. But I've got these roots in black American music. I love it. ↗

— Glenn Hughes

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

— Jonathan Cain

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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. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

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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. ↗

— Jonathan Cain

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