Shawn Amos Music Quotations

At its best, American music is the soundtrack of our long - and often painful - march toward a more perfect union.

Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely American.

Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music.

Music and philanthropy have a long, benevolent relationship with one another. Record bins are rife with charity singles, and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back.

Memphis is the place where rock was born and Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed. It's full of contradictions, abject poverty, and riches that only music can provide.

Harlem's Apollo is probably the most well-known music hall in the world.

While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos.