American music culture is black culture.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.
Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music.
I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.
In America, music is more tightly categorized.
Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more.
Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened.
If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.
Just because I grew up a white guy in America doesn't mean that's the music of my life.
That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.
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