Blues Quote by Angus Young

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing…

— Ruth Brown

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

We just sang real simple songs in a simple way that got to people. We didn't try to tart them up with orchestral arrangements…

— Mick Ralphs

I was just fascinated by the blues.

— Rory Gallagher

Oh, I listened to a lot of the blues. I love the blues. You know, Slim Harpo, people like that, and Sonny Boy Williamson.

— Lemmy

The blues and gospel stuff seemed to go together.

— Tom Waits

The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning.

— Willie Dixon

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

— Muddy Waters

I do not claim any of the creation of the blues, although I have written many of them even before Mr. Handy had any…

— Jelly Roll Morton

It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues.

— Neil Young

I suggest you go out and buy as many Blues albums as you can.

— John Belushi

There's a more experimental album that follows that, which is like Black Magic and While You Were Sleeping. Then there's a return to jazz,…

— Jose James