Blues Quotes

667 quotes by 395 authors

And as I started reaching deeper I realized that most of the blues of that day was done by men. Women just didn't have the… — Etta James
To me, country music is like the blues, but it's something very hip and - I don't want to say commercial - but it's very… — Etta James
I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music… — Etta James
A lot of people ask me why I don't expand and explore other musical areas, but I like the plain three- and four-chord rock-and-roll that… — Joan Jett
Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable. — Janis Joplin
Don't waste your time away thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues. — Jon Bon Jovi
I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records. — Kesha
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed. — B B King
The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see… — B B King
Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz… — B B King
My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues. — Mark Knopfler
I didn't really grow up listening to blues, because I grew up in the Northwest. It wasn't really the center for blues. — David Lynch
The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and… — Wynton Marsalis
Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain… — Wynton Marsalis
I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's the… — Wynton Marsalis
The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in… — Wynton Marsalis
Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in… — John Mayer
I believe in blues, and I believe that it's been misrepresented. — John Mayer
I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock. — John Mayer
I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the… — John McLaughlin

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