Blues Quotes

667 Blues quotes by 395 unique authors

The first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me. — Robin Trower
So the blues player, he ain't worried and bothered, but he's got something for the worried people. — Unknown Author
There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with,… — Ruth Brown
We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues. — Ruth Brown
There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players. — Stephen Stills
But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my living… — Stevie Ray Vaughan
You have to understand a bit about the poetry of the blues to know where the references are coming from. — Van Morrison
The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day. — William Christopher Handy
The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, insiration, feeling, and understanding. — Willie Dixon
The blues is the roots, the rest is the fruits. — Willie Dixon
You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's… — Art Blakey
I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music — Aaron Neville
All blues singers are great liars. — Lester Bangs
No... the blues are because you're getting fat or because it's been raining too long. You're just sad, that's all. The mean reds are horrible.… — Holly Golightly
Visually Agincourt is a pre-Raphaelite, perhaps better a Medici Gallery print battle - a composition of strong verticals and horizontals and a conflict of rich… — John Keegan
A little bit South you've got Macon, Georgia - home of the Allman Brothers, the Marshall Tucker Band and Capricorn Records. And off to west… — Travis Tritt
Yeah; I'm a much better blues player than anybody knows, but being in the kind of group I'm in, we were always trying to make… — Stephen Stills
As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It's not a style that's difficult to pick up.… — Boz Scaggs
I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the… — Boz Scaggs
There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah, — Townes Van Zandt
What isn’t on my iPod playlist? I have very eclectic tastes. Jazz. Classic Rock. Hip Hop. Ska. Soul. Electronica.World Music. Funk. Blues. Chamber Music. Reggaeton.… — Michele Norris
My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer. — Miles Davis
What about a blues in W, in the key of W. — Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. It's like making a… — Horace Silver
I do not claim any of the creation of the blues, although I have written many of them even before Mr. Handy had any blues… — Jelly Roll Morton

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