Bill Ferris Quotes

Where you find obesity, you'll find poverty. It's a reflection of the South's struggle to raise its standard of living.

- Bill Ferris

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Any music can be learned from and adapted from other artists, and whites have been widely influenced by black music, from Pat Boone singing Fats Domino to Elvis Presley singing 'Hound Dog', a Big Momma Thornton song he heard on the radio. - Bill Ferris

The problems of the nation that are reflected in black music don't seem to be changing. The music is going to evolve, and it will still be with us many years from now. - Bill Ferris

Music is the beginning of language to all humans. African Americans' music, in particular, harks back to a common sort of ancestry. It is a global kind of language: You don't need to understand English to understand blues or jazz. - Bill Ferris