Johnny Otis Quotes

• I get a wave of pride in America when I look back at what we've accomplished in the field of music.

  Johnny Otis

  Pride, America, Looks

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• People are going to wake up to this great reservoir of music we've created in America - cakewalks, one-steps, boogie-woogie, country and western. I had a bit to do with one of those traditions.

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  Country, America, People

  "A Life in R&B / Johnny Otis looks back on his remarkable career, and at the end of an era" by Joel Selvin, www.sfgate.com. April 4, 2000.

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• 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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  America, Would Be, Culture

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• Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music.

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  African American, Want, African American Music

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• When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it.

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  African American, Age, Culture

  "Influential R & B singer, musician" by Randy Lewis, articles.latimes.com. January 19, 2012.

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• Genetically, I'm pure Greek. Psychologically, environmentally, culturally, by choice, I'm a member of the black community.

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  Choices, Community, Greek

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