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title: "1 Different Generation Quotes By Robert Cray"
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> [Blues for me is having things not go your way - life, love, job, money, ... It is not about the oppression of my ancestors, who were trying to get back at the overseers. Blues is different for my generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/blues-for-me-is-having-things-not-go-your-way-life-love-job-money-it/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65c/robert-cray-29097_ancestor_blues-for-me-is-having-things-not-go-you_1207262.jpg)

## More by Robert Cray

> [Muddy Waters was, like, the king! He had a lot of adopted sons and daughters. I was just happy to be one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/muddy-waters-was-like-the-king-he-had-a-lot-of-adopted-sons-and/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/all-the-blues-greats-took-chances-and-developed-their-own-style-they/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/i-liked-the-beatles-because-there-was-so-much-melody/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [I just want people to see what I deem as a war for no reason, but only for greed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/i-just-want-people-to-see-what-i-deem-as-a-war-for-no-reason-but-only/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [In order to play jazz, you have to be able to play the blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/in-order-to-play-jazz-you-have-to-be-able-to-play-the-blues/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [Tell me a boat full of lawyers just sank.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/tell-me-a-boat-full-of-lawyers-just-sank/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [I pulled the Johnny character from the Jamaican Johnny Too Bad thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/i-pulled-the-johnny-character-from-the-jamaican-johnny-too-bad-thing/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [Blues for me is having things not go your way - life, love, job, money, ... It is not about the oppression of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/blues-for-me-is-having-things-not-go-your-way-life-love-job-money-it/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody. Jimi Hendrix is still one of my heroes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/i-liked-the-beatles-because-there-was-so-much-melody-jimi-hendrix-is/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/i-realized-i-was-tired-of-singing-about-trees-and-flowers-i-wanted-to/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [I'm a one-woman man. Pretty much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/i-m-a-one-woman-man-pretty-much/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [She was just another notch on my guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/she-was-just-another-notch-on-my-guitar/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [I was pretty shy, not too outgoing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/i-was-pretty-shy-not-too-outgoing/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [I don't see how anybody cannot be political in this day and age. There's so much going on and you have to be aware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/i-don-t-see-how-anybody-cannot-be-political-in-this-day-and-age-there/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

> [Around midnight I heard them shout unfaithful one and I knew right then the axe was gonna fall. It's because of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cray/around-midnight-i-heard-them-shout-unfaithful-one-and-i-knew-right/)

[Robert Cray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cray/)

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