Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me. — Robin Trower Copy Share Image
I was born swinging and clapped my hands in church as a little boy, but I've grown up and I like to… — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
Blues is life, you know? An appreciation for the depth of life and the fact that hard times strengthen you and make… — Stephen Henderson Copy Share Image
I would be on dates with guys, and the radio would be on, and if the Moody Blues song came on I… — Ann Wilson Copy Share Image
The strange thing is I can't play jigs or reels or any of that traditional Irish stuff as well as I ought… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
Depending on what you allow, you can still get the blues, man. I'm still trying to figure out where the blues really… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I feel like the blues is actually some kind of documentary of the past and the present - and something to give… — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. I also… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
I picked up the guitar very late, in a very pagan way - I didn't know how to play, but I knew… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
No... the blues are because you're getting fat or because it's been raining too long. You're just sad, that's all. The mean… — Holly Golightly Copy Share Image
I travel light, but always with three key things: Passport, cash and iPod. The latter is perhaps the most key - it… — Rande Gerber Copy Share Image
There was a time when I had the blues - I mean I really had it bad. I couldn't pay my light… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it… — Gary Allan Copy Share Image
Having pop sensibilities from my past and also being a lead blues and sort of rock guitarist allowed me to bring that… — Cody Simpson Copy Share Image
Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like nothin,' somethin' throwed away, Somethin' throwed away. And then I get my guitar, play the blues all day. — William Christopher Handy Copy Share Image
There are happy blues, sad blues, lonesome blues, red-hot blues, mad blues, and loving blues. Blues is a testimony to the fullness… — Corey Harris Copy Share Image
You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
The delta blues is a low-down, dirty shame blues. It's a sad, big wide sound, something to make you think about people… — David Edwards Copy Share Image
The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues.… — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
The blues needs to be everything to you, otherwise it's not going to come across. That's what I think. — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
See, I have a different type of music from other peoples. They playing the other kind of blues, and I'm playing cotton-patch… — Junior Kimbrough Copy Share Image
The first time I ever heard the blues, my parents had a stack of records that they weren't using anymore. I found… — Ato Essandoh Copy Share Image
Gospel music is never pessimistic, it's never 'oh my god, its all going down the tubes', like the blues often is. — Brian Eno 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
I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
When there's an imbalance in terms of what people get to hear, then that's negative. Then blues, jazz, it will die. — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
I love eye makeup. I really like doing a cat eye, playing with liquid liners and different colors of liners, like emerald… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
Charlie Patton, who was born in 1891, recorded some of the very first blues. In 'Pony Blues' and 'Peavine Blues,' he manages… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
Most blues guitar players don't concentrate on singing and melodies. And forget about the bridge - the bridge doesn't exist. They go… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
When I was sixteen, I wrote the first hundred or so pages of a novel about a piano that was haunted by… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
I love early blues like Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. I listened to the way these people sang, and it… — Rob Halford Copy Share Image
In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all… — Alexis Korner Copy Share Image
I love Las Vegas, but I never get a chance to play a club like the House of Blues. I guess we've… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
It frustrated me at college that all the acts in the Top 10 were like The Moody Blues and Phil Collins. It… — David Berman Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
I tend to play a lot of blues things at home, because most blues things are basically within a 12-bar pattern. — Marc Bolan Copy Share Image
