Blues Quotes

667 Blues quotes by 395 unique authors

The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark. — Cornel West
The writer loves the fog as it pours in; he loves the sun when the fog pours out. The rest of California is Beach Boys… — Eric Maisel
The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They… — John Lee Hooker
The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin'… — Alberta Hunter
All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy. — Robert Cray
But my big thing was always the blues. — Luther Allison
I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues. — Luther Allison
In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized. — Luther Allison
When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life. — Etta James
When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call… — Little Richard
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky… — B B King
Winter blues are cured every time with a potato gratin paired with a roast chicken. — Alexandra Guarnaschelli
The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning. — Willie Dixon
Some people tell me that the worried blues ain't bad. Worst old feelin' I most ever had. — Robert Johnson
An eighty-nine year old kid from Boston playing a blues in New Orleans takes a lot of chutzpah. — George Wein
People should hear the pure blues - the #‎ blues we used to have when we had no money. — Muddy Waters
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… — Etta James
The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different. — John Lee Hooker
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… — Etta James
Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently. — Otis Rush
The blues have always had some of the best times, best feelings I’ve ever had. — Keanu Reeves
The blues are just a heightened sense of awareness of life's ups and downs, and things that a guy sees after a couple hits of… — Steven Tyler
Most blues don't have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues. — Dave Van Ronk
The most important thing to do as an artist is to get out of your comfort zone and work with different people: people who can't… — Katie Noonan
It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now. — Chuck Berry

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