The blues is celebration, because when you take sorrow and turn it into music, you transform it. — Odetta Copy Share Image
You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling. — David Edwards Copy Share Image
It's so satisfying as a guitar player to play stuff that's related to the blues. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music. — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit. — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
Country music came from Black people - it all started with the blues and bluegrass. — Jimmie Allen 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
That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music. — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
Paul and I were friends, the Moody Blues toured with the Beatles on the second British tour. That developed into me working… — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
“Glum. It meant having the blues in a way that annoyed other people. Having the blues aggressively.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
A long time ago, you couldn't say what you mean in blues. You had to disguise it, and that's where the double… — Dusty Hill Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a little kid and first heard Jimmy Reed's 'Honey, Don't Let Me Go,' the blues has been in… — Billy Gibbons Copy Share Image
I come from a democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call… — Carl Paladino Copy Share Image
I liked the 12-bar blues because everybody could play it, but they could also play it their own way, and they could… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I've been truly overwhelmed by the good luck messages I have received from the rugby world and the fantastic support I've had… — Matthew Rees Copy Share Image
It was a great thing for the Blues boys to do in terms of shaving their hair off for me. The whole… — Matthew Rees Copy Share Image
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
I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that's okay. That just comes from the blues, which… — Carlos Santana Copy Share Image
I used to sing spirituals when I thought that this was the thing I wanted to do but somehow or another, when… — BB King Copy Share Image
You don't have to play the blues to play rock 'n' roll, but that's where, somewhere along the line, your influences came… — Dusty Hill Copy Share Image
If there is a blues song, it just goes in one ear and out the other. But other than that, if it… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I'm into hip-hop, rap, country, blues, gospel, old school, new school... whatever... pop. If it's really good, I like it. I don't… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
You'll be with me every morning, Mister Blues. You'll be here every night and every noon. — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
I love Muddy Waters and Nina Simone. I also watched 'The Blues Brothers' movie over and over. — Hozier Copy Share Image
I've been writing everything from pop to country to blues - just a mixed bag of everything. — Uncle Kracker Copy Share Image
I have been influenced by music. I grew up listening to blues, jazz and all. — Redfoo Copy Share Image
“These babies ain’t just guitars; these babies are living, breathing instruments.” — Brenda Sutton Rose Copy Share Image
The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Ain't but one kind of blues and that consists of a male and female that's in love. — Son House Copy Share Image
Basically we're a blues oriented rock 'n' roll band... easy to listen to. — Dusty Hill Copy Share Image
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I guess I would call my music blues punk. Theres a lot of influences. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues. — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
