Basically we're a blues oriented rock 'n' roll band... easy to listen to. — Dusty Hill Copy Share Image
The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
I don't differentiate between country, rock, blues, jazz, it doesn't mean anything to me. — Everlast Copy Share Image
Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion. — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, insiration, feeling, and understanding. — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
I didn't really grow up listening to blues, because I grew up in the Northwest. It wasn't really the center for blues. — David Lynch Copy Share Image
It's been a while since I watched the tube cause like a crip said: I got way too many blues for any… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
I listen to all kinds of music myself; it can range from practically anything: Opera, Jazz, to Blues, good Pop, just about… — Colm Wilkinson Copy Share Image
It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to make a blues… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
I've always found a cure for the blues is wandering into something unknown, and resting there, before coming back to whatever weight… — Diane Sawyer Copy Share Image
They always call depression the blues, but I would have been happy to waken to a periwinkle outlook. Depression to me is… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to… — Bonnie Raitt 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
I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew… — Jack White Copy Share Image
With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want… — Jack White Copy Share Image
It's true that when I was younger and I first got interested in music, I used to read books about the Stones… — Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Copy Share Image
I knew Paul when he was in the Beatles. We did the second Beatles British tour with the Moody Blues. And we… — Denny Laine 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
In terms of exploring an identity in the country music world, what I realized very quickly was that there are people who… — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
New Orleans is just so full of culture in the music content - blues, folk. I was introduced to a lot of… — Luke James Copy Share Image
I never liked blues and I really didn’t like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry. — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
Country music came from Black people - it all started with the blues and bluegrass. — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music. — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit. — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling. — David Edwards Copy Share Image
It's so satisfying as a guitar player to play stuff that's related to the blues. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I seen a lot of changes. You got to make changes. I even make changes in my blues. — David Edwards Copy Share Image
The blues is celebration, because when you take sorrow and turn it into music, you transform it. — Odetta Copy Share Image
The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“These babies ain’t just guitars; these babies are living, breathing instruments.” — Brenda Sutton Rose Copy Share Image
I have been influenced by music. I grew up listening to blues, jazz and all. — Redfoo Copy Share Image
