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I'm not suggesting our music is the only music, but I am suggesting that there are certain elements in America's culture that are so precious that it would be a shame for them to go down the drain.

Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.

I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.

In America, music is more tightly categorized.

California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music.

More and more people are finally realizing that in the heart of America, there's all this incredible music that wasn't widely heard before because it wasn't in the interest of those who feel they have to control the taste of the wider public.

American music is a powerful ingredient in international music, and as much as it comes from within, it also comes from without.

After a foreign invasion, there has to be a sort of feeling of musical inadequacy in the country.

I don't think there is much American music.

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.