I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some…

Something touched me deep inside The day the music died.

— Don McLean

I saw satan laughing with delight The day the music died.

— Don McLean

Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?

— Don McLean

I missed the first train, stood out in the rain, all day. But little did I know, when I caught the next train. There…

— Bruno Mars

“And when the music died, life was always a little less bright, waiting for the next turn on the sprung, hardwood floor.”

— Alana Albertson

“I feel the madness creeping slowly, Loved by many, I'm still lonely, Paid the price for your mistakes, The music died the day I…

— The westerner by falling in reverse

I not only played and sang blues, but I also had to toss the piano around a bit to amuse the patrons.

— Hope Emerson

I never thought I was playing black music. I was just playing music, the stuff I liked. I sang blues at parties and things…

— Mose Allison

“By the way, Reb, about the singing. What gives? Walt Whitman sang the body electric. Billie Holiday sang the blues. You sang…everything. You could…

— Mitch Albom

That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.

— Little Richard

“David’s mouth dripped open slowly. He stood with his heels dug into my carpet, a dashed hope, a broken dream. No amount of money…

— Brandi L. Bates

Years and years ago, I sang at a blues bar with a band behind me. It was with my friend, my guitar teacher at…

— Josh Holloway

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

— Mose Allison

I started singing on the radio in Los Angeles. I sang blues, but I would tend toward country blues.

— Georgia Holt

And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you That I'm tired of Castles in the Air I've got…

— Don McLean