The blues are important primarily because they contain the cultural expression and the cultural response to blacks in America and to the situation that they find themselves in. And contained in the blues is a philosophical system at work. And as part of the oral tradition, this is a way of passing along information.
August WilsonThere's no idea in the world that is not contained by black life. I could write forever about the black experience in America.
August WilsonStyle ain't nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it.
August Wilson