--- title: "17 Blues Like Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 17 Blues Like quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Blues Like sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/buddy-guy-10900_american-express_blues-is-like-american-express-i-don-t-l_1111801.jpg" --- > [Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buddy-guy/blues-is-like-american-express-i-don-t-leave-home-without-it/) [Buddy Guy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buddy-guy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/buddy-guy-10900_american-express_blues-is-like-american-express-i-don-t-l_1111801.jpg) > [I like the blues… but I like aqua marine just as much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-van-vliet/i-like-the-blues-but-i-like-aqua-marine-just-as-much/) [Don Van Vliet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-van-vliet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/don-van-vliet-27599_aqua_i-like-the-blues-but-i-like-aqua-marine_3213535.jpg) > [The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tippett/the-blues-are-like-the-fugue-in-18th-century-it-s-probably-the-music/) [Michael Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tippett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/michael-tippett-25840_18th-century_the-blues-are-like-the-fugue-in-18th-cen_1629990.png) > [You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-edwards/you-could-play-the-blues-like-it-was-a-lonesome-thing-it-was-a-feeling/) [David Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/david-edwards-21712_blues_you-could-play-the-blues-like-it-was-a-l_526208.jpg) > [Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/blues-is-like-the-roux-in-a-gumbo-people-ask-me-if-jazz-always-has/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/wynton-marsalis-1721_ask-me_blues-is-like-the-roux-in-a-gumbo-people_1831601.png) > [I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-winter/i-liked-the-more-sophisticated-urban-style-of-blues-like-ray-charles/) [Edgar Winter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-winter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/edgar-winter-20338_bland_i-liked-the-more-sophisticated-urban-sty_2152219.png) > [The blues is like this. You lay down some night and you turn from one side of the bed to the other:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huddie-william-ledbetter/the-blues-is-like-this-you-lay-down-some-night-and-you-turn-from-one/) [Huddie William Ledbetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huddie-william-ledbetter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/huddie-william-ledbetter-61982_all-night_the-blues-is-like-this-you-lay-down-some_2827098.jpg) > [The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy ... it's sort of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billie-holiday/the-blues-to-me-is-like-being-very-sad-very-sick-going-to-church/) [Billie Holiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billie-holiday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/billie-holiday-11576_blues_the-blues-to-me-is-like-being-very-sad-v_2539580.jpg) > [The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-king/the-blues-was-like-that-problem-child-that-you-may-have-had-in-the/) [B. B. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/b-b-king-4531_ashamed_the-blues-was-like-that-problem-child-th_2291669.png) > [Even though I was a rock 'n' roll fan, hearing the raw blues was like listening to music on a much deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rory-gallagher/even-though-i-was-a-rock-n-roll-fan-hearing-the-raw-blues-was-like/) [Rory Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rory-gallagher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/rory-gallagher-12913_blues_even-though-i-was-a-rock-n-roll-fan-hear_2883028.jpg) > [I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-b-king/i-ve-said-that-playing-the-blues-is-like-having-to-be-black-twice/) [B. B. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-b-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/914/b-b-king-4531_black_i-ve-said-that-playing-the-blues-is-like_2646045.png) > [I love early blues like Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. I listened to the way these people sang, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-halford/i-love-early-blues-like-bessie-smith-muddy-waters-and-howlin-wolf-i/) [Rob Halford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-halford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/rob-halford-3592_beautiful_i-love-early-blues-like-bessie-smith-mud_2289127.png) > [You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling. The blues is nothing but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-edwards/you-could-play-the-blues-like-it-was-a-lonesome-thing-it-was-a/) [David Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06a/david-edwards-21712_blues_you-could-play-the-blues-like-it-was-a-l_2115854.jpg) > [The blues? Why, the blues are a part of me. They're like a chant. The blues are like spirituals, almost sacred. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberta-hunter/the-blues-why-the-blues-are-a-part-of-me-they-re-like-a-chant-the/) [Alberta Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberta-hunter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/alberta-hunter-39579_answers_the-blues-why-the-blues-are-a-part-of-me_2366327.jpg) > [I had an invitation to contribute a track to a Robert Johnson tribute album, and it was the first time I'd done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-palmer/i-had-an-invitation-to-contribute-a-track-to-a-robert-johnson-tribute/) [Robert Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/robert-palmer-18782_album_i-had-an-invitation-to-contribute-a-trac_268030.jpg) > [I love songs, and I love songwriting, and there's a standard of songwriting within Chicago blues in particular. I don't like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinead-o-connor/i-love-songs-and-i-love-songwriting-and-there-s-a-standard-of/) [Sinead O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinead-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/sinead-o-connor-3554_blues_i-love-songs-and-i-love-songwriting-and_2243331.jpg) > [The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/the-blues-is-like-a-planet-it-s-an-enormous-topic-you-can-t-ignore/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/782/tom-waits-916_blues_the-blues-is-like-a-planet-it-s-an-enorm_2805382.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blues-like/#itemlist", "name": "Blues Like Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Blues is like American Express. 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King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love early blues like Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. I listened to the way these people sang, and it was just beautiful - straight from the soul. That, for me, was an inspiration.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rob Halford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-halford/i-love-early-blues-like-bessie-smith-muddy-waters-and-howlin-wolf-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/rob-halford-3592_beautiful_i-love-early-blues-like-bessie-smith-mud_2289127.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/rob-halford-3592_beautiful_i-love-early-blues-like-bessie-smith-mud_2289127.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/rob-halford-3592_beautiful_i-love-early-blues-like-bessie-smith-mud_2289127.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love early blues like Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. 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