I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect. — Luther Allison Copy Share Image
I was part of that whole early Moody Blues transitioning from a sort of R&B-blues band to being more progressive. — Denny Laine Copy Share Image
“Grits Glossary blues \’blüz\ n: nothing but a good man singing about hardship, sorrow, and the things he’s done wrong--but sake’s alive,… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
I love jazz and blues, where there's a structure, but a lot of the cool stuff is veering off the page and… — Nick Nurse Copy Share Image
When I was young, I wanted to be the greatest blues singer of all time. I wrecked my education and left home… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
Look at the opening sequence of 'The Blues Brothers,' which starts at the prison. The way it was filmed, it does not… — Jay Chandrasekhar Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' Roll is just New Orleans rhythm and blues under a new name. It's got that Dixieland beat and that's what… — Fats Domino Copy Share Image
“T was in a blue mood , his open reflections on the isloation of his life floating like Jazz notes under a… — Saira Viola Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky that people are able to say, 'Oh, that's that Moody Blues guy!' I'm very fortunate with that. That's all.… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
The blues scale was the first thing I learned. It's just a pentatonic scale with a flat seventh and a few notes… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
The blues records of each decade explain something about the philosophical basis of our lives as black people. ... Blues is a… — Sherley Anne Williams Copy Share Image
Playing live is much more natural for me. The instant reaction and the feedback from the audience is great for me. I… — Rory Gallagher Copy Share Image
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I wanna record these girls individually. And then, I wanna cut a blues album on me. But all of it, original stuff,… — Ike Turner Copy Share Image
Saturday night is your big night. Everybody used to fry up fish and have one hell of a time. Find me playing… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records… — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that… — Tommy Bolin Copy Share Image
But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was… — Stevie Ray Vaughan Copy Share Image
We don't sound like a Mississippi Delta band, but we play what we mean, and that's the spirit of the blues. — John Popper Copy Share Image
The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the… — Jack White Copy Share Image
Well. I guess it might be time.to go.. beating the blues just doesn't seem something I can do. Being tired does not… — Cheilis Feior Copy Share Image
The blues was so big in the late '60s that it kinda wore itself out, and people weren't diggin' the blues as… — Johnny Winter Copy Share Image
Free music, to me, is music without boundaries. It's music that... says you don't have to play a blues in three chord… — Al Green Copy Share Image
I could fall asleep at 10:30 watching 'Hill Street Blues.' I might wake up at 1 A.M. and have a riff in… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
I was in a rock band; I was my own folk singer; I was in a death metal band for a very… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
I gave seven children, and now you wanna give them back I said. I've been down hearted baby, ever since the day… — BB King Copy Share Image
And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just… — Etta James Copy Share Image
I was competing for attention in a four-piece band that was phenomenal, and I was trying to attack the blues from a… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
From the first album, we've had songs like 'The Jack' that are blues based. We also did it in 'Ride On,' where… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
The old Fleetwood Mac was much better; they did some beautiful and, to my mind, very authentic blues. Chicken Shack did pretty… — Christine McVie Copy Share Image
People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards. — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
When you think blues, you think BB King. Even a young kid can look at a picture of BB King and say,… — Joe Bonamassa Copy Share Image
The music pot is broad. It's just unfortunate that the record companies cry the blues as frequently as they do. — Vance Gilbert Copy Share Image
You don't know what love is, until you've learned the meaning of the blues, until you've loved a love you've had to… — Chet Baker Copy Share Image
If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
Every time the guys were knocked out by my guitar playing and the girls were knocked out by the type of songs… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
As an artist, I wear many hats: musician, songwriter, producer, band member of Blues Traveler and solo artist. — John Popper Copy Share Image
I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
The blues is nothing but a story... The verses which are sung in the blues is a true story, what people are… — David Edwards Copy Share Image
