- Aloe Blacc: I want to soak up all the different historical styles of American music and weave it all into my next album
- Narrator: When we share a song we love with other people, it brings us closer. Every kind of music has that power.
- Aloe Blacc: Today, Nashville, TN is the capitol of country music which grew out of traditional music from Scotland, Ireland and Africa
- Aloe Blacc: By combining blues, gospel, and country, Elvis Presley made it cool to break the rules, which thrilled teenagers-and drove grown-up's crazy!
- Aloe Blacc: Elvis
- [Presley]
- Aloe Blacc: sparked the biggest musical revolution the world has ever seen
- Aloe Blacc: Gloria
- [Estefan]
- Aloe Blacc: overcame her humble start, to become America's all-time best-selling Latin singer
- Narrator: Words are a challenge for children with autism. They often find music easier to understand because music is processed by a different region of the brain.
- Narrator: Where would the world be without Jazz? Or rock-and-roll? American music now belongs to everyone. It has the power to inspire dreams and change our hearts
- Narrator: Centuries of immigration have given us a wonderful gift. This wild intersection of cultures sparks enormous creative energy
- Narrator: America's cultural diversity has shaped all our songwritiers, including Aloe Blacc, who grew up near Los Angeles
- Narrator: As the pioneer of Jazz, Louis Armstrong was the driving force who reshaped music in the 20th century