Angel Quote by Buddy Guy

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

When we sing the blues, we're singin' out our hearts, we're singing out our feelings. Maybe we're hurt and just can't answer back, then…

— Zora Neale Hurston

People think the blues is sad. They hear people moaning and such. That's not the blues. That's just somebody singing slow...The blues is about…

— Alberta Hunter

American blues can make you sad.

— Daniel Pearl

The blues? Why, the blues are a part of me. They're like a chant. The blues are like spirituals, almost sacred. When we sing…

— Alberta Hunter

Blues are the songs of despair,

— Mahalia Jackson

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

When you think of blues, all you think about is crying guitar like B.B. King's guitar. You think about someone crying that their woman's…

— Ike Turner

It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . .

— John Lee Hooker

A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People…

— Etta James

I have heartaches, I have blues. No matter what you got, the blues is there. 'Cause that's all I know - the blues. And…

— John Lee Hooker

Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, 'You play blues. That music is…

— Buddy Guy