I was into playing American music, especially the blues.
I don't think there is much American music.
The '60s were a time of great change in American music.
Irving Berlin has no place in American music -- he is American music.
There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing.
The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.
I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.
American music culture is black culture.