It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.
Alicia KeysOh My God, the [hip-hop] videos! The imagery is so awful! I just can't get with it at all. The best thing I can say about it is that sometimes you have to see that kind of stuff so as to have a more balanced view about why it's so bad.
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