Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative... →
Archie Shepp
In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its... →
To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only... →
A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.
Today, music is visual.
Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response.
Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for... →
Barbara Sher
We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes.
Dinah Sheridan
I am moved by music, and certain things just make my day.
Bobby Sherman