One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I was born in love with music. My mother is a singer. Many of my aunts and uncles on my mother's side… — India Arie Copy Share Image
I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
My definition of the blues is the naked cry of the human heart longing to be in union with God. — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
The idea that Americans favor politicians who either remind them of themselves or can imagine what their selves are like because they… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
The blues, the way it's interpreted, is always a product of your environment, and so it's almost like food. You know, it's… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
“And a ride in a hearse tells us we’re all close to that final cruise . . . when the body dies… — David Mutti Clark Copy Share Image
I cut all my early records in Nashville, so I guess that makes me country. I call it country pop, but my… — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I met Paul Kossoff for the first time when I was playing in the back of a pub room in Finsbury Park… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
I was doing something of my own after I left The Moody Blues, I went away, lived in Spain for a while. — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
Hip-hop, which is my generation's blues, is important to the characters that I write about. They use hip-hop to understand the world… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Lorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
If I'm soloing, I usually try to start with a theme, which will often stem from the blues. — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it… — Gary Allan Copy Share Image
Blues is a big part of rock and roll. The best rock and roll got its birth in the blues. You hear… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
“The guitar breathed. It inhaled and exhaled, and music filled the shop as the instrument picked the heartbreak of generations.” — Brenda Sutton Rose Copy Share Image
Man, don't get me started on Pat Travers. That dude writes killer blues rock and roll riffs. — Dimebag Darrell Copy Share Image
Listen, man: I am not the industrial godfather, king, whatever. I don't relish that title. I don't like it. I think it's… — Al Jourgensen 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
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
