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Blues Quotes by Eric Clapton
- The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
- It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I…
- I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
- When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have…
- I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to…
- It's very difficult to explain the effect the first blues record I heard had on me, except to say that I recognized it immediately. It…
- My definition of Blues is that it's a musical form which is very disciplined and structured coupled with a state of mind, and you can…
- If you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go.
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- Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues. — Count Basie
- When I was a teenager, I really didn't like loud rock music. I listened to jazz and blues and folk music. I've… — Ian Anderson
- The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing. — Bessie Smith
- I smoked this joint and then it hit me. I thought, what you gotta do is play your own simply blues. — Iggy Pop