Blues Quote by Andrea Davis Pinkney

The blues is life itself.

— Billy Gibbons

I think the blues will always be around. People need it.

— Johnny Winter

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

— Ted Alexandro

“And here's to the blues, the real blues— where there's a hint of hope in every cry of desperation.”

— David Mutti Clark

When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.

— John Lee Hooker

The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues and we…

— Peter Tork

We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em.

— Miles Davis

The blues is not a plaything like some people think they are.

— Son House

The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing.

— B. B. King

There's always talk about the blues dying out, but it won't.

— Joe Bonamassa

The blues needs to be everything to you, otherwise it's not going to come across. That's what I think.

— Gary Moore

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