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When it was taken out of the hands of African-Americans and put into the hands of racist white performers, the music and the instrument specifically took on a completely different form and behaved in a completely different function.


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MATT CARTWRIGHT Nutrition isn't the only problem; our children also aren't getting enough exercise.
MATT CARTWRIGHT The bottom line is that weather events not only threaten private property and family budgets, but th...
MATT CARTWRIGHT Extreme weather threatens our energy and electric grid, federal buildings, transportation infrastruc...
MATT CARTWRIGHT If you want to give me a good faceful for one of my political positions, I can take it.
MATT CARTWRIGHT Education can help all Americans live longer, healthier lives. Teaching students to make healthy dec...
MATT CARTWRIGHT East and Gulf Coast states are at risk of hurricanes; prairie and other central and southern states ...
MATT CARTWRIGHT When you think positive, good things happen.
MATT KEMP Unhealthy eating habits cause major health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease, and can als...
MATT CARTWRIGHT I'm fascinated by beautiful scenery and what we have here on this Earth.
MATT LANTER I like to read first thing in the morning. I'm addicted to the Kindle. I read a lot of business ...
MATT MULLENWEG Outside of, as a kid, just wanting to be able to fly and run faster than a speeding locomotive and b...
MATT BOMER I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought &...
MATT GROENING We cannot be a civilized society if these terrorists are going to have their ways.
MATT MEAD I like 'Citizen Kane,' I like 'The Godfather,' all the ones that everyone should see...
MATT BOMER Oftentimes, what seems to be a street lunatic charging at me spouting gibberish turns out to be a de...
MATT GROENING Many first-time novelists end up rewriting their first two or three chapters, trying to get them ...
MATT HUGHES With Charlie Brown, it was about loneliness and isolation. I always thought that the thing about Cha...
MATT GROENING Human brains - in terms of cognition and emotion and consciousness - are essentially the same as the...
MATT HAIG The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message ...
MATT BERNINGER In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or c...
MATT MULLENWEG As Governor, I will direct my Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to distrib...
MATT BEVIN Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect t...
MATT DAMON