I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Simple music is the hardest music to play and blues is simple music. — Albert Collins Copy Share Image
It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't play anything but the blues, but now I could never make no money on nothin' but the blues. That's why… — Howlin' Wolf Copy Share Image
As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit. — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads… — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing. — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
I was essentially raised on blues music. My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and… — Alan Freed Copy Share Image
The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind… — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better… — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
I want to make a picture that could stand on its own, regardless of what it was a picture of. I've never… — William Eggleston Copy Share Image
“We start our lives with blues . . . with music. It's our first language. It's the rhythm of the womb. It's… — David Mutti Clark Copy Share Image
The whole of life itself expresses the blues. That's why I always say the blues are the true facts of life expressed… — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwrit er. In my book that… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
There's a lot of women in blues music, lots of strong women and that sort of stuff. It's not the first thing… — Mirel Wagner Copy Share Image
A lot of blues music seems like it's moving away from God, or the center, and Gospel music is moving towards it.… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to AM radio in the '70s and hearing all of that great soul and rhythm and blues music,… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
If you listen to soul music, or R&B music, or Blues music, a lot of that came from church music and spiritual… — Joan Osborne Copy Share Image
This is something I think that blues music, or folk music, and all those particular genres that have a perspective about life… — Joan Osborne Copy Share Image
Facinating." He broke into a wide grin. "I've discovered something, Khufu. This is not Memphis, Egypt." Khufu gave me a sideways look,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
From Eden is spoken from the Devil's point of view. I always loved in blues music how the Devil can be a… — Hozier Copy Share Image
The early years when I was starting, blues player, you wasn't always welcome in a lot of the other places. People usually… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
“Who Am I? I’m a creator, a visionary, a poet. I approach the world with the eyes of an artist, the ears… — Sharon M. Draper Copy Share Image
“No, I don't really think there's a "golden age" of anything. I think now is pretty fucking amazing. I'm probably the least… — J Spaceman Copy Share Image
Most blues don't have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues. — Dave Van Ronk Copy Share Image
Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
I listen to blues music a lot and that's a good person feeling bad and celebrating that pain by releasing it in… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
