I never liked blues and I really didn’t like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion. — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
You know Bakersfield was full of workers from the south, from Texas and Arkansas, and they brought their gospel and blues with… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I think there's no limit on what I've really spoken on in terms of my perspective on my blues as a woman… — Raye Copy Share Image
I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were no blues players-you played one sort of… — Alexis Korner Copy Share Image
I think a guy who's had just the right amount of booze can sing the blues a hell of a lot better… — Charlie Rich Copy Share Image
For me, the ultimate form of expression is blues, where jazz appeals to me on an intellectual level. — Scott Henderson Copy Share Image
Some people have these small, positive schemes for survival, a kind of strength that I am attracted to, maybe because I'm prone… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
I figured, if someone wants to do classical music, or blues, or jazz, they move to an area where that's popular, and… — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
The first songs I learned were 'It Takes a Worried Man' and Woody Guthrie's 'Grand Coulee Dam,' 'Rock Island Line' - those… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
When I think about Oz, when he was a teenager, I'm just reminded of what an excellent blues voice he had. He… — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz,… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“The blues are because you're getting fat or maybe it's been raining too long. You're sad, that's all. But the mean reds… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Eric Clapton was such a great player. He sounds like he's Freddie King or someone like that. He plays the roots of… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties,… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
I had always been a jazz fan - Django Reinhardt, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, the early George Benson. And I… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
The blues, the way it's interpreted, is always a product of your environment, and so it's almost like food. You know, it's… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
