The Blues? It's the mother of American music. That's what is is - the source. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've thrown away the blues, I'm tired of being used. When Will I Be Loved? — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
To write a blues song is to regiment riots and pluck gems from graves. — Etheridge Knight Copy Share Image
You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy. — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
There are only three white blues singers -- Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I smoked this joint and then it hit me. I thought, what you gotta do is play your own simply blues. — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
Everything we do is so soulful. It's actually a blend of gospel, blues, country and funk, but it's all soulful where we're… — Susan Tedeschi 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
The first record I heard as a kid? My dad is a great soul and blues fan, so he showed me James… — Bakermat Copy Share Image
I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald,… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat… — L.A. Reid 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
The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind… — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
“The blues are because you're getting fat or maybe it's been raining too long. You're sad, that's all. But the mean reds… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“I discovered the blues from the English blues and then I wondered where all this stuff was coming from,” Mogg told Todd… — Neil Daniels Copy Share Image
Mick Jagger has been an idol of mine since I was 10 years old. Through his music, he has taught me so… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
The blues are important primarily because they contain the cultural expression and the cultural response to blacks in America and to the… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I want to go back to the format that radio started with rock n' roll, with country artists and rhythm and blues… — Wolfman Jack Copy Share Image
When you look at so much of what we all love, there's either soul-based to it, or it's the blues. It's really… — Paul Weller 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
The blues, the way it's interpreted, is always a product of your environment, and so it's almost like food. You know, it's… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
The R&B will always prevail. It will always last. The blues will always last. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
Lately i've been thinkin', baby all the ways I can make you happy and tonight I'm gonna try. — Roger Troutman Copy Share Image
I'm sort of East Coast, so I like the off-white and the navy blues and the low-key preppy kind of thing. — Stephanie Courtney Copy Share Image
The protagonist in 'Deacon Blues' is a triple-L loser - an L-L-L Loser. It's not so much about a guy who achieves… — Walter Becker 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
If you don't think you've got the blues, just keep living, and if you don't think you're drunk, just keep drinking what… — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
I put a limited time on the blues. I say, 'I allowed myself to be blue for four hours, and now I'm… — Teri Hatcher Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do a story on the blues that not only reflected its nature and its content, but also alludes… — Charles Burnett Copy Share Image
The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues… — Peter Tork Copy Share Image
What did we play in the Harry Dean Stanton Band? It was old blues and country - all covers. I never wrote… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
Skiffle was blues featuring a washboard and acoustic instruments. It encompassed blues, with elements of folk, jazz, and, at times, American country-and-western… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
It was the early days of Rock 'n' Roll in this country. We were all struggling to learn music, it might be… — Jim Sullivan Copy Share Image
Growing up, I listened to a lot of jazz and blues records - John Coltrane and Etta James. I was also really… — Alex Clare Copy Share Image
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
“The corpse is too gentle, With a touch, so parental, I dare not refuse, With a lot to lose, I miss the… — Rahim Haider Copy Share Image
It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
