After a foreign invasion, there has to be a sort of feeling of musical inadequacy in the country.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness.
American music has infiltrated the entire world enough as it is. Mexican music must be defended with vigilance.
A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere.
It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at the political side, the music side suffers, and vice versa.
Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.
I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures.
Country music has to evolve in order to survive.
Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.
What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.
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.
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