I was part of that whole early Moody Blues transitioning from a sort of R&B-blues band to being more progressive. — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect. — Luther Allison Copy Share Image
Wherever I am in the world, I never get Sunday night blues. I suppose it's because I've never worked at any one… — Hayley Mills Copy Share Image
When I was young, I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' Roll is just New Orleans rhythm and blues under a new name. It's got that Dixieland beat and that's what… — Fats Domino Copy Share Image
Look at the opening sequence of 'The Blues Brothers,' which starts at the prison. The way it was filmed, it does not… — Jay Chandrasekhar 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
“Grits Glossary blues \’blüz\ n: nothing but a good man singing about hardship, sorrow, and the things he’s done wrong--but sake’s alive,… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
I don't like no fancy chords. Just the boogie. The drive. The feeling. A lot of people play fancy but they don't… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
My parents had this massive record player in the living room, a 'blue spot grand' they called it... it used up an… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
That's where the Black Keys and Jack White have succeeded and I've failed: They've actually convinced college kids that they're listening to… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
It was always going to be a blues, soul, and rock-'n'-roll thing, because those are our ingredients. That's where we come from,… — Daniel Taylor Copy Share Image
The first record i ever bought was the Blues Brothers' 'Briefcase Full of Blues.' I wanted to get into comedy, so I… — John Popper Copy Share Image
The Rock'n'Blues Fest is my kind of festival series! It's always great playing shows with my brother and, add to that, all… — Johnny Winter Copy Share Image
See, we started out with a foundation of blues. But then we added people like Miles Davis and John Coltrane to the… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
I tended to lean towards the guys who both sang and played, such as Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner... And at… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was… — Stevie Ray Vaughan Copy Share Image
Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that… — Tommy Bolin 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
My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records… — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
Well. I guess it might be time.to go.. beating the blues just doesn't seem something I can do. Being tired does not… — Cheilis Feior Copy Share Image
We don't sound like a Mississippi Delta band, but we play what we mean, and that's the spirit of the blues. — John Popper Copy Share Image
The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Free music, to me, is music without boundaries. It's music that... says you don't have to play a blues in three chord… — Al Green Copy Share Image
The blues was so big in the late '60s that it kinda wore itself out, and people weren't diggin' the blues as… — Johnny Winter Copy Share Image
And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just… — Etta James Copy Share Image
I was competing for attention in a four-piece band that was phenomenal, and I was trying to attack the blues from a… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
I could fall asleep at 10:30 watching 'Hill Street Blues.' I might wake up at 1 A.M. and have a riff in… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I gave seven children, and now you wanna give them back I said. I've been down hearted baby, ever since the day… — BB King Copy Share Image
I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards. — Janis Joplin 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
The old Fleetwood Mac was much better; they did some beautiful and, to my mind, very authentic blues. Chicken Shack did pretty… — Christine McVie Copy Share Image
Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
You don't know what love is, until you've learned the meaning of the blues, until you've loved a love you've had to… — Chet Baker Copy Share Image
If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
The music pot is broad. It's just unfortunate that the record companies cry the blues as frequently as they do. — Vance Gilbert Copy Share Image
Oh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny… — Lemmy Copy Share Image
For a long time, I really didn't know what my calling was, but when I discovered blues in my early twenties, that… — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
