I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away. And the three men I admire most, The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, They caught the last train to the coast The day the music died.
When there's an imbalance in terms of what people get to hear, then that's negative. Then blues, jazz, it will die.
I think rock 'n' roll, in a way, has been dead for a long time.
If hip-hop is dead, then let it rest in peace and let's move on to something else.
People who say that music is dead or hip-hop is dead are refusing to evolve.
As I define it, rock and roll is dead. The attitude isn't dead, but the music is no longer vital. It doesn't have the same meaning. The attitude, though, is still very much alive - and it still informs other kinds of music.
Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.
I saw satan laughing with delight The day the music died.
