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
The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues — Mick Taylor 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
If you like rock and roll, if you like rhythm and blues, if you like jazz, if you like hip-hop, you might… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues. — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things. — Ray Davies 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
Joseph Zawinul and Toots Thielmans, in my opinion, are the only Europeans who can play rhythm-and-blues. — Jaco Pastorius 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 was addicted to rhythm 'n' blues pretty much directly into folk music. I had my little 45s of mostly black artists.… — Joan Baez 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
Rock'n'roll is nothing but Boogie Woogie with stuff on top of it. And if you're black, they name it rhythm'n'blues, and if… — Ike Turner 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
Everybody started callin' my music rock and roll, but it wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playin' down… — Fats Domino 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
Rhythm and blues started even before phonograph records were being produced because black people entertained themselves. It wasn't done for money. It… — Jesse Stone Copy Share Image
I am so weak over love and heartbreak. My music is rhythm and blues and with that said, the blues element of… — Adrian Marcel Copy Share Image
When I came to The Moody Blues, we were a rhythm and blues band. I was lousy at rhythm and blues -… — Justin Hayward 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
