Blues Quotes

667 quotes by 395 authors

When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues. — Youssou N'Dour
I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that. — Harry Seidler
One performer whose band played my music better than I could myself was Art Farmer. He recorded 'Sing Me Softly of the Blues' and 'Ad… — Carla Bley
I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me. — Derek Bailey
Blues Clues' has been incredibly good to me, and I've been working so hard on it for so long that I take it very personally.… — Steve Burns
If I'm at a party and someone puts on a Blues Brothers tape, I tend to go nuts. — Todd Barry
Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy. — Dan Castellaneta
My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to… — Dan Auerbach
I never listen to Led Zeppelin. But, I mean, I don't think Robert Plant or Jimmy Page listen to Led Zeppelin, either. We all probably… — Dan Auerbach
I started playing bluegrass with my family, so there were the G, C and D chords. I was playing a Martin acoustic because that's what… — Dan Auerbach
I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. — Patrick Carney
I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell me… — Robert Cray
I'm a big, big blues fan and the last several years I've really invested in the blues a lot, and I think my playing is… — Vivian Campbell
I like blue a lot, and greens. Earthy blues and greens. — Lee DeWyze
I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players. — Dimebag Darrell
I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand. — Barry Gibb
I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened to has become… — David Gilmour
Yes, there's a lot of the blues in my playing. — David Gilmour
I'm not a big blues fan, but I don't know anyone who doesn't dig B.B. King. — Maurice Gibb
I love all types of music. Jazz, classical, blues, rock, hip-hop. I often write scripts to instrumentals like a hip-hop artist. Music inspires me to… — Chadwick Boseman

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