Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the… — Jack White 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
I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was… — Stevie Ray Vaughan Copy Share Image
What I consider to be the barometer for what is a rock artist and what is not, is somebody who has a… — Ian Astbury Copy Share Image
Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman.… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
We had a missionary zeal about blues music, and I felt, particularly, that Mickie Most was attempting to homogenize, sweeten, and make… — Alan Price Copy Share Image
It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really… — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
I developed a passion for American blues music, and I'd buy albums from a record shop in Soho, which I played on… — David Essex Copy Share Image
When I learned to play music, I was listening to blues music. And all the blues music I liked was super simple… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
Musically, though, you're a character and you're singing a song. If you're not your own character, you're the character in the song,… — Jack White Copy Share Image
It is clear from a common sense viewing of the program that coarse language is a part of the culture of the… — Jonathan Adelstein Copy Share Image
When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and… — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to visit [Washington]. The Smithsonian has some fantastic archival material on blues music, which I'm really into. There's a… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image