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Blues Quotes by Etta James
- Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about.…
- People that can't stand to listen to the blues, they've got to be phonies.
- When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life.
- A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People can't…
- Jazz took too much discipline. You have to come in at the right place, which is different than me singing the blues, where I can…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
More Blues Quotes
- Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat… — L.A. Reid
- She had been proud of his decision to serve his country, her heart bursting with love and admiration the first time she… — Nicholas Sparks
- 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
- I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that… — Nick Cave
- 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