Man, don't get me started on Pat Travers. That dude writes…

To me and my band, guitar riffs are what it's all about. We know that every time we jam on a great riff, we've…

— Dimebag Darrell

Using string bends instead of just playing regular, unbent notes can definitely help give certain riffs a cooler, heavier edge.

— Dimebag Darrell

I've had my eye orbital broken in the Donald Cerrone fight, and that dude is a killer.

— Jeremy Stephens

Blues artists now try and stay in a box. Back in the day at all the clubs you would see James Brown, Jimi Hendrix,…

— Phil Collen

I grew up listening to blues and rock n' roll and other music, but, legitimately, the Stones is one of my favorite bands in…

— Ato Essandoh

If it wasn't for guys like Gary Moore, I wouldn't exist. He not only proved that the blues could rock but it could draw…

— Joe Bonamassa

You play a 'lowdown dirty shame slow and lonesome, my mama dead, my papa across the sea I ain't dead but I'm just supposed…

— David Edwards

My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I've tried to make an album of Robert Johnson…

— Todd Rundgren

One of my problems is I'm not really sure if I slot into rock or not. I've always tried to combine world music, folk,…

— Steve Winwood

Actually, I didn't listen to country music very much in Oklahoma. I listened to blues and rock n' roll.

— Leon Russell

I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart.

— Waylon Jennings

AC/DC is a prime example of taking that blues rock thing and just living in that world. They only really move the furniture around…

— Joe Perry

Blues became rock, rock became soul, and all of it was colorblind.

— Shawn Amos

Should the Moody Blues be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? That's absurd. Of course they should be.

— Steve Miller

Blues, rock, and soul are part of the music I make, but there are Indian influences, too.

— Shruti Haasan