Jazz or blues: you can't disregard that part of the African-American experience, or even try to transcend it. They are affirmations and celebrations of the value and worth of the African-American spirit. And young people would do well to understand them as the roots of today's rap, rather than some antique to be tossed away.


Interview. Literature Film Quarterly (2002)

August Wilson Quotes

Jazz or blues: you can't disregard that part of the African-American experience, or even try to transcend it. They are affirmations and celebrations...

Jazz or blues: you can't disregard that part of the African-American experience, or even try to transcend it. They are affirmations and celebrations...

Jazz or blues: you can't disregard that part of the African-American experience, or even try to transcend it. They are affirmations and celebrations...

Jazz or blues: you can't disregard that part of the African-American experience, or even try to transcend it. They are affirmations and celebrations...