Best Quote by Angus Young

The blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from.

— Izzy Stradlin

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll

— Johnny Winter

The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll.

— Muddy Waters

You literally cannot deny the fact that rock and roll was born because of blues, and blues is black man's music.

— Logic

I mean, rock 'n' roll is based on the blues, whether people want to know that or not.

— Dusty Hill

I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n'…

— David Johansen

I love blues, mellow rock 'n' roll.

— Rande Gerber

For guitar players especially, blues is the foundation of rock and roll. You take country music and rock and roll and jazz and you…

— Steve Miller

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

Rock & roll seemed to just come to us, on the radio and in the record stores. It became our music. . . But…

— Martin Scorsese

Biggest lesson I've ever had in life is that blues had a baby and they named it rock 'n' roll.

— Sinead O'Connor

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of…

— Keith Richards