Aggravating Quote by Alan Price

Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time.

— Linda Barnes

I consider myself much more of a blues singer now.

— Boy George

It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.

— Barry Gibb

I'm not a blues singer, I'm a diva.

— Nina Simone

If you ask me, rockabilly has had a raw deal for far too long. People never shunned the blues or jazz the way they…

— Imelda May

An element I love about the blues is jamming with other musicians.

— Gary Hoey

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

— B. B. King

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

— Janis Joplin

I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.

— Jimmy Page

The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back…

— Ronnie Wood

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as…

— Bonnie Raitt

The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on…

— Tom Waits