Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Depending on who I am talking about or who's talking through me - if the person is a kind of hip-hop, or… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Rhythm and blues is about what life is, it's about being able to talk heartbreak and understanding that people go through it,… — The-Dream Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to AM radio in the '70s and hearing all of that great soul and rhythm and blues music,… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all… — Art Blakey Copy Share Image
I was a big Pretty Purdie fan. I have heavy rhythm and blues influences, and that is what I bring to the… — Joey Kramer Copy Share Image
Having a diverse sense of taste - or lack of taste - I loved so many different things. I was drawn to… — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
I'm a street player, and all of my influences come from bands that I was listening to at the time when I… — Joey Kramer Copy Share Image
“In a way, what Tarantino has done with the French New Wave and with David Lynch is what Pat Boone did with… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I wasn't popular in school, I was Mexican, I was all these inappropriate things. I started playing the ukulele and taking it… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
I want to speak in the tradition of rhythm and blues and soul music, but also push how it's dressed and how… — Kelela Copy Share Image
There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Back then I was still listening to rhythm and blues, and my aunt took me to see a Pete Seeger concert. And… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
“Our radio plays rhythm and blues as we pass the joint back and forth in jutjawed silence both looking ahead with big… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald,… — Little Richard Copy Share Image
“I haven’t sold my soul yet – well, maybe a couple bars of rhythm and blues here and there.” — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
I love Ruth Brown, not just her singing, but Ruth Brown has more girl power than anyone, because she fought hard against… — Ronnie Spector Copy Share Image
Everybody started calling my music rock and roll, but it wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playing down… — Fats Domino Copy Share Image
My voice is my gift. And Pops had me using it in the right way. I had many offers to sing pop,… — Mavis Staples Copy Share Image
When I started off in Wales, I sang and accompanied myself with guitar in the '50s. And then I got a band… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played… — Little Richard 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
Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things. — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
My brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
