Blues Quotes

667 Blues quotes by 395 unique authors

Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make… — Peter Tork
I like to listen the blues and some classical. — Peter Tork
Blues fallin' down like hail And the day keeps on worryin' me There's a hell hound on my trail. — Robert Johnson
The blues is a low down achin' chill, — Robert Johnson
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues. — Jonny Lang
My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He… — Jonny Lang
Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues. — Albert Collins
Carvin Jones is one of the brightest young stars on the blues scene today — Albert Collins
The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now… — Willie Dixon
According to Biblical history and all of the history of the world, the blues was built in man from the beginning. The first thing that… — Willie Dixon
The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music. — Willie Dixon
This be an empty world without the blues. — Ma Rainey
White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there. — Unknown Author
It is secular spiritual music, the gospel blues. It's music from the heart instead of the head. — Charlie Musselwhite
The harmonica is the most voice-like instrument, you can make it wail, feel happy, or cry. It's like singing the blues without words. — Charlie Musselwhite
We're not like a nostalgia act, or the normal classic rock act - we're a really good musical organization, ... You're going to hear some… — Steve Miller
They don't bother too much with the balance and things on blues records. — Maurice Gibb
I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple… — Greg Ginn
Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues far… — Larry Coryell
We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em. — Miles Davis
I have to admit that more and more lately, the whole idea of jazz as an idiom is one that I've completely rejected. I just… — Pat Metheny
When I discovered Mose Allison I felt I had discovered the missing link between jazz and blues — Ray Davies
I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin'… — Chris Isaak
Blues ain’t football. You don’t have to retire at 30. You can grow and play all your life. — Elvin Bishop
The rhythm persisted, the unfaltering common meter of blues, but the blueness itself, the sorrow, the despair, began to give way to hope. — Rudolph Fisher

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