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Blues Quotes by Willie Dixon
- People have been brainwashed into believing that it's got to be down or it wouldn't be blues. But it's not so. It's got to be…
- The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, insiration, feeling, and understanding.
- The blues is the roots, the rest is the fruits.
- 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…
- 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…
- The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.
- 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…
- The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning.
- The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.
More Blues Quotes
- The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are… — Russell Baker
- Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues. — Count Basie
- Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated. — Ritchie Blackmore
- I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined. — Ritchie Blackmore
- Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion. — Christina Aguilera
- Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know… — Jeff Bridges
- 'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song. — Luke Bryan
- I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it… — Gary Allan
- The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body. — Nick Cave
- I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that… — Nick Cave
- What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do… — Ray Charles
- The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life. — Eric Clapton