Blues Quotes

667 quotes by 395 authors

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular… — Keith Richards
I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock… — Kid Rock
My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues. — Kid Rock
The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink. — Henry Rollins
Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, 'Oh man, this is the stuff.' It just sounded so raw and… — Carlos Santana
I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that's okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background.… — Carlos Santana
I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing… — Carlos Santana
I was backstage at the House of Blues in L.A where I was about to perform, and Stevie Wonder and Prince turned up at my… — Jill Scott
If I feel really ugly or unhappy, sometimes I'll choose bright colors so they'll make me feel good. Yellows, pinks, light blues and orange. I… — Jill Scott
The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look… — Russell Simmons
Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard. — Bruce Springsteen
My musical taste has always been wide. I started out as a folky before I moved on to blues and soul. — Rod Stewart
I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say. — Justin Timberlake
Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins. — Peter Tork
When I was growing up, the blues did seem too simple to me. I was just a muso. — Steve Vai
The blues scale was the first thing I learned. It's just a pentatonic scale with a flat seventh and a few notes that sound cool… — Steve Vai
The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the… — Tom Waits
There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing. — Ethel Waters
I been in the blues all my life. I'm still delivering 'cause I got a long memory. — Muddy Waters
At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured than the day;… — Vincent Van Gogh

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