So I've never found there was any particular separation between the two cultures at all, musically speaking.
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Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.
I used to think that, given enough goodwill, anybody would be able to 'get' any music, no matter how distant the culture from which it came. And then I heard Chinese opera.
Music is the universal language.
In the range of music that we play - roughly 300 years' worth-there really are more similarities than differences.
Soul has no musical geographical or racial boundaries.
Music is a language, you see, a universal language.
Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.
I don't really see huge barriers between any styles of music.
Music is that universal language which unifies the spirits of mankind.
In the broad spectrum of the arts, two worlds rarely overlap - the literary world and the world of rock music.
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