Blues Quote by Albert Murray

A lot of people wonder, what is the blues? Well, I'm gonna tell you what the blues is.

— Howlin' Wolf

The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled…

— Ry Cooder

My definition of the blues is the naked cry of the human heart longing to be in union with God.

— Dion DiMucci

The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstances, whether created by others or by one's own…

— Ralph Ellison

Blues for me is having things not go your way - life, love, job, money, ... It is not about the oppression of my…

— Robert Cray

The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstance whether created by others or by one's own…

— Ralph Ellison

The form of the blues helps us express our joys, our fears, our - anything you want to express. And it helps you get…

— Dion DiMucci

The blues is life itself.

— Billy Gibbons

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

— Ted Alexandro

Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and their attitudes, the stance that they adopt…

— August Wilson

Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and attitudes, the stance they adopt in the…

— August Wilson

The blues comes right back to a person's feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don't know nothing about the blues,…

— Jimmy Rushing