クインシー・ジョーンズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (クインシー・ジョーンズInstagram)「Thank you to the @NYTimes for sharing this yesterday…Much to our collective disservice, the U.S. & Germany are 2 of the only countries without a Minister of Culture, & this communal inattentiveness to our roots has been detrimental to our individual & collective understanding of identity. Oftentimes, people don’t know who they are because they have no frame of reference. Well, I’m tellin’ U everything is based upon what has happened before us, & if you know where you come from, it’s easier to get where you want to go! Rugrats (& adults alike) need to know where they come from. Plain & simple. Big Bands, Bebop, Doo-wop, Hip-Hop, Laptop, that’s all sociological!! The bebop to hip-hop connection is about being aware…more specifically, being aware that ALL of our music springs from the same roots, & it informs much of what we call mainstream music today. Dig deep! It’s time to LEARN. About music. About life. About our ROOTS.」6月9日 11時04分