Blues Quotes

667 Blues quotes by 395 unique authors

I was born swinging and clapped my hands in church as a little boy, but I've grown up and I like to do things other… — Charles Mingus
So study your rock history, son. That be the Bible of the Blues. — Steven Tyler
I think the blues will always be around. People need it. — Johnny Winter
I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll — Johnny Winter
The Progressive Blues Experiment, Johnny Winter... and Still Alive and Well is my favorite rock record — Johnny Winter
There were a whole lot, I bought every blues record I could find, it wasn't just one or two people. My vocal influences were Ray… — Johnny Winter
I really appreciate when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues — Johnny Winter
I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard… — Johnny Winter
When I was about 12, I knew I wanted to be a musician. The blues had so much emotion and so much feeling; if you… — Johnny Winter
I just hope I'm remembered as a good blues musician. — Johnny Winter
I had a problem with cops pulling me over all the time for speeding. When I was doing Hill Street Blues, the cops said how… — Jennifer Tilly
The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll. — Muddy Waters
Theres no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, Im playing up-to-date,… — Muddy Waters
People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards. — Janis Joplin
I love good rock'n'roll, blues and jazz, gospel, and a little reggae. — Jerry Hall
I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer — B B King
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. — B B King
Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues — B B King
I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than… — B B King
I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart. — Waylon Jennings
The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning. — John Lee Hooker
No matter what you got, the blues is there — John Lee Hooker
When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die. — John Lee Hooker
People were saying that Southern folk song was dead, that the land that had produced American jazz, the blues, the spirituals, the mountain ballads and… — Alan Lomax
Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood Blues was incredibly… — Esi Edugyan

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