Blues Quotes

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I've always been serious that way, trying to evolve to a more conscious state. Funny thing about that,though. You tweak yourself,looking for more love, less… — Bill Withers
I think if it wasn't for the blues, there wouldn't be no jazz. — Unknown Author
There's an old blues refrain: I begged for water, you gave me gasoline. — Forrest Gander
I was pissed off about a lot of things...so much shitty rock â€™nâ€™ roll that angered me, and Pussy Galore was kicking against that. With… — Jon Spencer
And a lot of the technique and the little T-Bone phrases that define his style, Chuck Berry, when he rearranged the beat, they became rock… — Duke Robillard
Texas Red is about the biggest blues hellraiser you'll ever meet... — Bob Corritore
At Carnegie Hall the Preservation Hall Jazz Band showed how easily it could hop from era to era. It could work like a rhythm-and-blues horn… — Jon Pareles
Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen. — Amy Winehouse
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The world has made everything else and still it can't make peace. And the reason it can't make peace is because of the evil, ignorance… — Willie Dixon
The blues arenâ€™t pessimistic. Weâ€™re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. — Cornel West
The writer loves the fog as it pours in; he loves the sun when the fog pours out. The rest of California is Beach Boys… — Eric Maisel
The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They… — John Lee Hooker
The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin'… — Alberta Hunter
All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy. — Robert Cray
But my big thing was always the blues. — Luther Allison
I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues. — Luther Allison
In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized. — Luther Allison
When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life. — Etta James
When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call… — Little Richard

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