One critic called me nothing but a blues singer, as though that was a slight. That is the highest compliment there is. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I never liked blues and I really didn’t like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
We were either listening to jazz or Robert Johnson, the old blues man, but not to our peers. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
Actually, my mother turned me on to the blues. We had Lightnin' Hopkins as well as Elvis Presley records. — Dusty Hill Copy Share Image
You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
All of my solos are blues based. Even though a lot of my songs get into pop, I wind up going back… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
I would be on dates with guys, and the radio would be on, and if the Moody Blues song came on I… — Ann Wilson Copy Share Image
Of all the songs we played, 'Statesboro Blues' was the most ripped-off. — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
The instrumental stuff is a good challenge, and it keeps my fingers athletically tuned, but I'm totally happy to bang away on… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
“T was in a blue mood , his open reflections on the isloation of his life floating like Jazz notes under a… — Saira Viola Copy Share Image
You know, I really feel a responsibility to the music, and I teach workshops in music sometimes. And folks do come to… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
You ask any Olympian what the year after the Olympics is like - you always get the Olympic blues. — Tom Daley Copy Share Image
Every girl is a singer. I wanted to learn the solos and play lead guitar. I would meticulously teach myself solos so… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
Once you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues. — John Mayall Copy Share Image
If 'Nevada' was an original for a certain scene of trans writing, 'Stone Butch Blues' is an original in literature, no qualifications. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
One of my reasons for living in California is its close proximity to Mexico. The Latin influence is in every corner of… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
My father was always playing this ethnic blues stuff around the house, and both my parents played. Then one day my father… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
The British ballads became a new kind of form in their hand. And out of them came the blues, a new kind… — Alan Lomax Copy Share Image
The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I've tried to make an album of… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
