Blues Quotes

667 quotes by 395 authors

I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky… — B B King
Winter blues are cured every time with a potato gratin paired with a roast chicken. — Alexandra Guarnaschelli
The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning. — Willie Dixon
Some people tell me that the worried blues ain't bad. Worst old feelin' I most ever had. — Robert Johnson
An eighty-nine year old kid from Boston playing a blues in New Orleans takes a lot of chutzpah. — George Wein
People should hear the pure blues - the #â€Ž blues we used to have when we had no money. — Muddy Waters
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 can't… — Etta James
The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different. — John Lee Hooker
Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can… — Etta James
Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently. — Otis Rush
The blues have always had some of the best times, best feelings Iâ€™ve ever had. — Keanu Reeves
The blues are just a heightened sense of awareness of life's ups and downs, and things that a guy sees after a couple hits of… — Steven Tyler
Most blues don't have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues. — Dave Van Ronk
The most important thing to do as an artist is to get out of your comfort zone and work with different people: people who can't… — Katie Noonan
It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now. — Chuck Berry
I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it. — Robin Trower
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Everybody started calling my music rock and roll, but it wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playing down in New Orleans. — Fats Domino
I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwrit er. In my book that means I get… — Justin Townes Earle
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 any… — David Gilmour

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