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Blues Quotes by Alexis Korner
- Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family.
- I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society.
- The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters.
- I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have…
- I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were no blues players-you played one sort of jazz of another…
- In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to…
- The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too…
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- Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion. — Christina Aguilera
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- 'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song. — Luke Bryan
- I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it… — Gary Allan
- The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body. — Nick Cave
- I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that… — Nick Cave
- What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do… — Ray Charles
- The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life. — Eric Clapton