Silence has gathered around me like a thick, viscous water…

Little Walter and Muddy Waters were incredible. And Bo Diddley was doing some great stuff, too.

— Columbus Short

Plato, the first true pope of philosophy (sorry, Socrates), argued for a World of Forms above the reality-a transcendent plane of perfect essences, pure…

— N.D. Wilson

Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with nothing but…

— T Bone Burnett

Woodstock - I didn't see anybody play, except when I was standing backstage waiting to go on, because it was so muddy. And the…

— Grace Slick

My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters, John Lee…

— Alvin Lee

“Offence is like muddy soil; when trapped underfoot, it resists rapid progress. Don't trap offences under your mind, else you resist change! Jesus said…

— Israelmore Ayivor

There's truth in wine, and there may be some in gin and muddy beer; but whether it's truth worth my knowing, is another question.

— George Eliot

Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but…

— Alexander Herzen

I feel like a midget with muddy feet had been walking over my tongue all night.

— W. C. Fields

Muddy Waters was, like, the king! He had a lot of adopted sons and daughters. I was just happy to be one of them.

— Robert Cray

It was blazing sunshine and I went on in a turquoise neck muff, glamorous dress and muddy boots and just had the best gig,…

— KT Tunstall

Wet sneakers and muddy clothes are prerequisites for understanding the water cycle.

— David Sobel

Such a muddy line between the things you want/And the things you have to do.

— Sheryl Crow

“The music of hope is everywhere, but to hear it, you need to ignore the muddy jangle of life's hassles.”

— Christine M Knight

I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

— Eric Clapton