But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions.
Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music.
I get a wave of pride in America when I look back at what we've accomplished in the field of music.
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.
It's the music that brings us together.
I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of seeing the big picture.
Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world.
I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.
Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music.
I don't listen to music. I very rarely listen to music. I only listen for information. I listen when a friend sends me a song or a new record.
If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends.
I sense people respond more to the honest approach to making music instead of the manufactured approach.
In the days when regional music was very clearly defined and had a clear personality - Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, whatever - Philadelphia had a tradition that was very distinct and unique.
I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to do something more than sing at a record hop.
The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for a while, but that still falls in the same category.
It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about.
We've got many different sides of music to us.
The iPhone revolutionised the mobile industry, rather like the iPod before it with the personal music player.
I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.
The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.
Music is my passion, singing, performing. I play piano and musical theater is my background.
