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|'''[[George Clinton|Funkadelic]]''', "What Is Soul?"}}

{{quote|''Soul is the music people understand. [[Three Chords and the Truth|Sure it's basic and it's simple. But it's something else 'cause, 'cause, 'cause it's honest, that's it. Its honest. There's no fuckin' bullshit]]. It sticks its neck out and says it straight from the heart. Sure there's a lot of different music you can get off on but soul is more than that. It takes you somewhere else. It grabs you by the balls and lifts you above the shite.''|'''Jimmy Rabbitte''', ''The Commitments''}}

{{quote|''Soul is the music people understand. [[Three Chords and the Truth|Sure it's basic and it's simple. But it's something else 'cause, 'cause, 'cause it's honest, that's it. Its honest. There's no fuckin' bullshit]]. It sticks its neck out and says it straight from the heart. Sure there's a lot of different music you can get off on but soul is more than that. It takes you somewhere else. It grabs you by the balls and lifts you above the shite.''|'''Jimmy Rabbitte''', ''[[The Commitments]]''}}

Showing up in [[The Fifties]] and [[The Sixties]], soul was developed by African-American musicians by combining elements of [[Gospel]] and [[Rhythm and blues]]. The result was something that sounded a lot like Gospel but (usually) without the religious themes.