The blues singers were talking about everyday life, and they pushed a button. — Malcolm Young Copy Share Image
My dad was my first influence. He played classical guitar and my uncle Ron played the blues. — Jason Becker Copy Share Image
I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. — Patrick Carney Copy Share Image
It's okay to sing the blues once in a while, but don't let it become your favourite song. — @efiosiugbore Copy Share Image
We're blues people. And blues never lets tragedy have the last word. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more. — B. B. King Copy Share Image
I never wore a pink T-shirt before. Blue is my favourite colour and gives me good energy. I like doing my blues… — Sooraj Pancholi Copy Share Image
The social realism of ' Establishment Blues' or 'Like Janis,' are what I chose to use to express what was happening in… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Cinderella obviously got caught up in the hair metal scene, but they were such a blues band. And such a good live… — Lzzy Hale Copy Share Image
I think that as you get older, you mellow out a lot more. Having been through the ups and downs in life,… — Mick Ralphs Copy Share Image
We didn't go for music that sounded like blues, or jazz, or rock, or Led Zeppelin, or Rolling Stones. We didn't want… — Michael Giles Copy Share Image
The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to… — Alexis Korner Copy Share Image
I've always had a love for music, and it developed as I learned jazz, blues, and gospel. And I performed with jazz… — Luke James Copy Share Image
If I want to take a particular form of blues somewhere else I have the equipment to do it but I never… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I love walking down Beale Street, which is home to countless cafes, restaurants and bars. Every bar has a live band, and… — Christopher Timothy Copy Share Image
It was Muddy Waters who took the Delta blues north to Chicago, electrified the sound, and changed the course of popular music… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
I'm like a middle-aged person; when my friends go on about modern bands, I don't know what they are talking about. I'm… — Georgia May Jagger Copy Share Image
A lot of those early blues records and soul records were pretty much live. It was what it was, and they had… — Paul Rodgers 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
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
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
“And a ride in a hearse tells us we’re all close to that final cruise . . . when the body dies… — David Mutti Clark Copy Share Image
A lot of blues music seems like it's moving away from God, or the center, and Gospel music is moving towards it.… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
“We were in Mississippi. We’d been playing this music, and it had all been very respectful, but then we were actually there… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstance whether created by others or by… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
“I have sometimes thought that the mere hearing of those songs would do more to impress some minds with the horrible character… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long; you're just sad, that's all. The mean… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
