I've always wanted to visit [Washington]. The Smithsonian has some fantastic archival material on blues music, which I'm really into. There's a… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to AM radio in the '70s and hearing all of that great soul and rhythm and blues music,… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and… — Alan Freed Copy Share Image
I don't play anything but the blues, but now I could never make no money on nothin' but the blues. That's why… — Howlin' Wolf Copy Share Image
There's a lot of women in blues music, lots of strong women and that sort of stuff. It's not the first thing… — Mirel Wagner Copy Share Image
Musically, though, you're a character and you're singing a song. If you're not your own character, you're the character in the song,… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman.… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
From Eden is spoken from the Devil's point of view. I always loved in blues music how the Devil can be a… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Facinating." He broke into a wide grin. "I've discovered something, Khufu. This is not Memphis, Egypt." Khufu gave me a sideways look,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
A lot of blues music seems like it's moving away from God, or the center, and Gospel music is moving towards it.… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
If you listen to soul music, or R&B music, or Blues music, a lot of that came from church music and spiritual… — Joan Osborne Copy Share Image
Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
It is clear from a common sense viewing of the program that coarse language is a part of the culture of the… — Jonathan Adelstein Copy Share Image
I listen to blues music a lot and that's a good person feeling bad and celebrating that pain by releasing it in… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I developed a passion for American blues music, and I'd buy albums from a record shop in Soho, which I played on… — David Essex Copy Share Image
Most blues don't have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues. — Dave Van Ronk Copy Share Image
They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads… — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
We had a missionary zeal about blues music, and I felt, particularly, that Mickie Most was attempting to homogenize, sweeten, and make… — Alan Price Copy Share Image
I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Simple music is the hardest music to play and blues is simple music. — Albert Collins Copy Share Image
When I learned to play music, I was listening to blues music. And all the blues music I liked was super simple… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image