Blues Quotes

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I was into playing American music, especially the blues. — Mark Knopfler
Rock & Roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back the beat so you could… — Legs McNeil
I tend to play a lot of blues things at home, because most blues things are basically within a 12-bar pattern. — Marc Bolan
It's a true feeling that comes from the heart, not something that just comes out of my mouth. Blues is what I love, and blues… — Koko Taylor
I used to listen to the radio, and when I was about 18 years old, B.B. King was a disc jockey and he had a… — Koko Taylor
I spent a few years here in Memphis, in the late '70s and early '80s, where I was studying a lot of country blues players… — Alex Chilton
Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion. — Ronnie Wood
My first car was a 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback in red, like the one in 'The Blues Brothers.' I painted a Union Jack on the… — Richard Hammond
It seems all worlds of music - rock, blues, R&B, soul, hip-hop and others - are able to point to impromptu get-togethers as proud moments… — Ashley Kahn
The blues are three L's - living , loving and hopefully, laughing. — B B King
I forget what the official name of it was, but they did an all-day of roots music - every kind of music you can imagine… — Scotty Moore
There is a certain frame of mind to which a cemetery is, if not an antidote, at least an alleviation. If you are in a… — Robert Louis Stevenson
From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues, and… — Cat Power
I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican… — Carl Paladino
Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly. — Brad Renfro
Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes. — L.A. Reid
I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably… — Jonny Lang
Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative… — Jeffrey Wright
Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues. — Dwight Yoakam
Wherever I am in the world, I never get Sunday night blues. I suppose it's because I've never worked at any one thing long enough… — Hayley Mills

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