Aggressive Quote by Benjamin Booker

You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity…

— Jimmy Page

When I first started playing, I plunked away just like everyone else. During the Sixties I played in a blues band for a few…

— Allan Holdsworth

When I was about 12, I knew I wanted to be a musician. The blues had so much emotion and so much feeling; if…

— Johnny Winter

I'm not committed to putting myself up for a blues guitarist, even though I love playing the blues.

— Jeff Beck

I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. I also will use…

— David Gilmour

I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this…

— Bonnie Raitt

I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could…

— Alexis Korner

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 early years when I was starting, blues player, you wasn't always welcome in a lot of the other places. People usually have preconceived…

— B. B. King

But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.

— Luther Allison

It's so satisfying as a guitar player to play stuff that's related to the blues.

— Paul Gilbert

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