Blues Quotes · Page 13

I still like to play the blues more than anything else.

— Christine McVie

Laughter is a medicine you've got to use to drive away blues.

— Goswami Kriyananda

Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.

— B. B. King

What's the use coming home to get the blues over what can't be helped.

— Eugene O'Neill

The blues singers were talking about everyday life, and they pushed a button.

— Malcolm Young

I've been listening to quite a lot of classical music like Erik Satie, and quite a lot of blues.

— Elizabeth Jagger

I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am.

— Benjamin Booker

“white or black. rich or poor. if you ever had your heart broke you have right to sing the blues”

— Big mama Thornton

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

— Eric Clapton

Blues is my life. It's a true feeling that comes from the heart, not something that just comes out of my mouth.…

— Koko Taylor

You could play probably a span of 50 years of me playing St. Louis Blues, and most of the time it will…

— Dave Brubeck

I know that Filipinos will enjoy 'Gangnam Blues' because it has a universal message that will resonate with everyone.

— Lee Min-ho

A lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and…

— Joan Jett

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People…

— B. B. King

I will sing happy songs, and I do sing happy songs, but the stuff that's going to move me and going to…

— Sam Smith

Hey, White, you know where your loyalties are? Right here. The old pinstripes. No! You never wore them... So you have a…

— Phil Rizzuto

I was living and working with adult men who were playing a real art form. And I had been playing blues all…

— Steve Miller

The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet…

— Randy Bachman

“The music had ceased. Alex walked over to the gramophone, wound it up again, and put on more blues, a woman singing…

— Barbara Hambly

The world always seems like it's going to hell when you're depressed. And, of course, it always is going to hell in…

— Andrew Klavan

When The Who first started, we were playing blues, and I dug the blues and I knew what I was supposed to…

— Pete Townshend

“beautiful blues in fine tunes; tunes of bass and brass brass knuckles clad in sweat and tears true to a son of…

— Nii Yeboah Norton Nortey

It's marvelous when you visit Tokyo: they have these clubs, and they'll have 'Motown Night' or 'The Beatles - Totally Authentic and…

— Robert Palmer

I think education was the key for me, and that's what I tell kids. That base in the classics gave me something…

— Jimmy Smits

I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.

— Justin Timberlake

It's okay to sing the blues once in a while, but don't let it become your favourite song.

— @efiosiugbore

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

— Patrick Carney

My dad was my first influence. He played classical guitar and my uncle Ron played the blues.

— Jason Becker

Ten years from now, it'll all be the blues because that's the only speed I'll be able to play

— Ringo Starr

A lot of people wonder, what is the blues? Well, I'm gonna tell you what the blues is.

— Howlin' Wolf

Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it.

— Buddy Guy

“Written on the wall behind them was: 'Blues for the body, food for the soul.”

— Jennifer Niven

My blues are so simple, but so few people can play it right

— Muddy Waters

Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.

— Ritchie Blackmore

Blues, rock and hip hop are more about a lifestyle and culture than notes on a page.

— Jake Shimabukuro

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

— Anonymous

I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records.

— Kesha

If you're going to get into music, you've got to learn the 12-bar blues.

— Johnny Ramistella

I consider myself much more of a blues singer now.

— Boy George

People should hear the pure blues - the # blues we used to have when we had no money.

— Muddy Waters