First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
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You say 'African music' and you think 'tribal drumming.' But there's a lot of African music that's like James Brown, and a lot, too, that sounds very Hispanic.
I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro.
Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music.
Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.
I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced by every type of music prevalent in America.
Music has no race. It appeals to everybody.
I joke to people in the press that I realize I'm not black, I'm actually white. But I've got these roots in black American music. I love it.
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.
American music culture is black culture.