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Blues Quotes by Bonnie Raitt
- There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything
- I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for…
- I finally learned to accept that I can't make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.
- In blues, classical and jazz, you get more revered with age.
- Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture -…
- I didn't have to be a pop singer with a certain look. When I started, there was really a revolution in natural artists with blues…
- I'm certain that it was an incredible gift for me to not only be friends with some of the greatest blues people who've ever lived,…
- Pat Benatar might need a rock band, but I can just sit with a blues guitar for an hour and a half and do folk…
- The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part…
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- The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are… — Russell Baker
- Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues. — Count Basie
- Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated. — Ritchie Blackmore
- I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined. — Ritchie Blackmore
- Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion. — Christina Aguilera
- Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know… — Jeff Bridges
- '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