When I came to The Moody Blues, we were a rhythm and blues band. I was lousy at rhythm and blues -… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
I suppose I was waiting until I was old enough to have some sort of experience to sing about. When you're young,… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people… — Edgar Winter Copy Share Image
In a funny way, the illness spurred me on. I thought to myself, 'I've got to get through this operation to make… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
When I play 'NHL '09,' I play as the Blues and my guy is just terrible. I feel embarrassed when he's out… — T. J. Oshie Copy Share Image
I think once I had lived life, once I had failed enough in this lifetime and got back up a thousand times… — Fantastic Negrito Copy Share Image
Tell me everything, I would say. All about the blues, and the time your heart was broken, and what scares you the… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Blues is a natural fact, is something that a fellow lives. If you don't live it you don't have it. Young people… — Big Bill Broonzy Copy Share Image
It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
My favorite country blues player was Big Bill Broonzy. City blues was Freddie King, but I liked them all - Muddy Waters,… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
James Brown came from that hard, rough life that I came from. He took the blues and added rhythm to it. And… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
“John will never forsake the weak and the helpless, nor fail to bring hope to the hopeless. That is what they believe,… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
I remember, after my first postpartum depression, I didn't know what had happened to me. I was stuck in this gray depression… — Margaret Trudeau 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
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
Songs like 'Outfit' and 'Decoration Day' and 'Dress Blues,' those were good songs, but the output wasn't as consistent in those days. — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
R&B is everything. Hip Hop, Soul, Gospel and Classical Blues are everything. All of that makes sense in BJ The Chicago Kid… — B.J. The Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
'Hairdresser Blues' was written when I was deep in a ten-year depression that I escaped shortly after recording that album. I don't… — Hunx Copy Share Image
And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You've got to go… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
“Rock and roll, big band, the blues. He loved them all. He would close his eyes and with a blissful smile begin… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Every time I see you walking by, I cannot breathe but you don't notice me, but in time you will. I must… — Roger Troutman Copy Share Image
I guess we often get the deep blues, both of us, and wonder what it all means- the people, the buildings, the… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Forget reparations - we need to rescue aspects of black culture abandoned even by black folks, whether it is the blues or… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
I go to Spain a lot, in winter, for a blast of sunlight to banish the blues brought on by the Irish… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
I began writing with Mike Pinder and eventually we went on to form a new band called The M&B, which later became… — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
My form of rebellion was starting to play guitar. I was 13. The first song I played was 'Lovesick Blues' by Hank Williams. — Phoebe Bridgers Copy Share Image
There's a very thin line between rock and funk. Funk is like a dirtier blues, and so is rock. They're close cousins. — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
Just as a blues player can play 20 blues songs in a row but find a way to make each one different,… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding. — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
While the House of Blues slogan has been 'In blues we trust,' its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers -… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Long my days and dark my nights. Tick tock of the clock with the lights up bright. Shades of the blues to… — Robben Ford Copy Share Image
My own musical background is based in the blues, and in classical composition. I grew up listening to Muddy Waters, John Coltrane,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and… — Petek Kabakci Copy Share Image
We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
When I went over to the States to promote Outrider, everyone was telling me I was a blues guitarist. I'm not a… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
My dad actually taught me how to play piano. I was classically trained, but I've started to branch off a little bit… — Noah Gray-Cabey Copy Share Image
“And here's to the blues, the real blues— where there's a hint of hope in every cry of desperation.” — David Mutti Clark Copy Share Image
As you grow older, you learn to appreciate all the artistry. I'm actually on my way back to the blues, you know,… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
The blues are just a heightened sense of awareness of life's ups and downs, and things that a guy sees after a… — Steven Tyler Copy Share Image
