Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was… — D. B. Weiss Copy Share Image
It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character. — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
Depending on what you allow, you can still get the blues, man. I'm still trying to figure out where the blues really… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
Years and years ago, I sang at a blues bar with a band behind me. It was with my friend, my guitar… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
We just sang real simple songs in a simple way that got to people. We didn't try to tart them up with… — Mick Ralphs Copy Share Image
The early influences, in many ways, were in Baltimore. I was passing open windows where there might be a radio playing something… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
My heroes were gospel blues players like Blind Willie Johnson, Charley Patton, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, not whoever was number one. — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
I want to speak in the tradition of rhythm and blues and soul music, but also push how it's dressed and how… — Kelela Copy Share Image
I guess I would call my music 'blues punk.' There's a lot of influences. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
I picked up the guitar very late, in a very pagan way - I didn't know how to play, but I knew… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, 'Well, I'm gonna play bluesy… — Dimebag Darrell Copy Share Image
I really enjoy spending Sunday evenings with friends, because Sunday evenings are always frightening. You are obsessed by the fact that you… — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
I don't differentiate between country, rock, blues, jazz, it doesn't mean anything to me. — Everlast Copy Share Image
I want to do a romantic comedy that nobody thought I could do. And then do a comedy with Dan Aykroyd that… — John Belushi Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
When you think blues, you think BB King. Even a young kid can look at a picture of BB King and say,… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
From the first album, we've had songs like 'The Jack' that are blues based. We also did it in 'Ride On,' where… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
I love jazz and blues, where there's a structure, but a lot of the cool stuff is veering off the page and… — Nick Nurse Copy Share Image
The delta blues is a low-down, dirty shame blues. It's a sad, big wide sound, something to make you think about people… — David Edwards Copy Share Image
Blues ain't never going anywhere. It can get slow, but it ain't going nowhere. — David Edwards Copy Share Image
“My mama used to say the blues is an ailment that don't like no sunshine in the room.” — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
I'm always on duty, so I tend to wear suits. I've got double-breasted and single-breasted, mostly dark blues and grays. I'm obsessed… — Charlie Siem Copy Share Image
You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
As we all know, the evil of slavery and the sting of the whip have given us many things including the voice… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
