The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling. — David Edwards Copy Share Image
I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people… — Edgar Winter Copy Share Image
Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The blues is like this. You lay down some night and you turn from one side of the bed to the other:… — Huddie William Ledbetter Copy Share Image
The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy ... it's sort of a… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Even though I was a rock 'n' roll fan, hearing the raw blues was like listening to music on a much deeper… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I love early blues like Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. I listened to the way these people sang, and it… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling. The blues is nothing but a… — David Edwards Copy Share Image
The blues? Why, the blues are a part of me. They're like a chant. The blues are like spirituals, almost sacred. When… — Alberta Hunter Copy Share Image
I had an invitation to contribute a track to a Robert Johnson tribute album, and it was the first time I'd done… — Robert Palmer Copy Share Image
I love songs, and I love songwriting, and there's a standard of songwriting within Chicago blues in particular. I don't like the… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
