When I was 6 my dad taught me the blues scale, and I started writing songs and improvising. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
“John will never forsake the weak and the helpless, nor fail to bring hope to the hopeless. That is what they believe,… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt. — Jonah Lomu Copy Share Image
I used to go round to my granddad's house on a Saturday morning, and we'd sit and eat our porridge and watch… — Rag'n'Bone Man Copy Share Image
There's a musicologist named Peter van der Merwe whose theory is that the blues generates tune families, and that their similarity to… — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
The first thing I learned was the 'St Louis Blues' when I was eight. Both my grandmothers, my mother and uncle played… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
I have been influenced by music. I grew up listening to blues, jazz and all. — Redfoo Copy Share Image
When I came to The Moody Blues, we were a rhythm and blues band. I was lousy at rhythm and blues -… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
While the House of Blues slogan has been 'In blues we trust,' its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers -… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
I had always been a jazz fan - Django Reinhardt, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, the early George Benson. And I… — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
I think that as you get older, you mellow out a lot more. Having been through the ups and downs in life,… — Mick Ralphs Copy Share Image
When I got out of high school, I joined a local blues band in Philadelphia - Woody's Truck Stop. — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
Whenever I sing blues from the '50s or the kind of blues that you might have heard Eric Clapton or Duane Allman… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
Soul and blues were a definite influence on me. It was raw and naked emotion which you didn't get much where I… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
When the blues came out, it was something pure and undefined, but when all these white groups got hold of it, it… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
When I went to Memphis and Mississippi and Nashville, I learnt the blues is a whole way of life. I don't really… — Gin Wigmore Copy Share Image
When I picked up my guitar, I spent the first day learning the chord E, the second day A, then B7, and… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
Should the Moody Blues be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? That's absurd. Of course they should be. — Steve Miller Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky that people are able to say, 'Oh, that's that Moody Blues guy!' I'm very fortunate with that. That's all.… — Justin Hayward 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
When I first started playing, I plunked away just like everyone else. During the Sixties I played in a blues band for… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
“The guitar poured out its soul, its history, its dreams, its pain, its victories, its secrets. The guitar’s strings purred with blues… — Brenda Sutton Rose Copy Share Image
I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There was something about it, because… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going. — B. B. King Copy Share Image
