Blues Quotes

667 Blues quotes by 395 unique authors

I wanna record these girls individually. And then, I wanna cut a blues album on me. But all of it, original stuff, you know. When… — Ike Turner
After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz. — Robert Quine
He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute. — Alan Jackson
I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin. It's very personal;… — Bobby McFerrin
It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues. — Neil Young
Wild women don't get the blues. — Unknown Author
I never liked blues and I really didn’t like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry. — Johnny Ramone
Pure, white rock 'n' roll, with no blues influence. — Johnny Ramone
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… — Alexis Korner
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… — Alexis Korner
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… — Alexis Korner
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… — Alexis Korner
I’m not the only kid who grew up this way. Surrounded by people who used to say that rhyme about sticks and stones. As if… — Shane Koyczan
Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. — Wynton Marsalis
My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz, classical, and… — Haley Reinhart
I've always been serious that way, trying to evolve to a more conscious state. Funny thing about that,though. You tweak yourself,looking for more love, less… — Bill Withers
I think if it wasn't for the blues, there wouldn't be no jazz. — Unknown Author
There's an old blues refrain: I begged for water, you gave me gasoline. — Forrest Gander
I was pissed off about a lot of things...so much shitty rock ’n’ roll that angered me, and Pussy Galore was kicking against that. With… — Jon Spencer
And a lot of the technique and the little T-Bone phrases that define his style, Chuck Berry, when he rearranged the beat, they became rock… — Duke Robillard
Texas Red is about the biggest blues hellraiser you'll ever meet... — Bob Corritore
At Carnegie Hall the Preservation Hall Jazz Band showed how easily it could hop from era to era. It could work like a rhythm-and-blues horn… — Jon Pareles
Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen. — Amy Winehouse
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The world has made everything else and still it can't make peace. And the reason it can't make peace is because of the evil, ignorance… — Willie Dixon

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