If you look at the other singers of Billie Holiday's time, they were really trying to entertain. They were trying to make… — Jose James Copy Share Image
The harmonica is the most voice-like instrument, you can make it wail, feel happy, or cry. It's like singing the blues without… — Charlie Musselwhite Copy Share Image
My uncle was 16, in junior high, and he heard me singing and snatched me off the stage. I thought he was… — Mavis Staples Copy Share Image
“Her voice had a thin thread of sadness running through it that made the song important, that made it tell a story… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing… — Etta James Copy Share Image
