Emphasis Quote by Cornel West

I play blues, sure, but don't call me a bluesman

— Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

What about a blues in W, in the key of W.

— Rahsaan Roland Kirk

“You hear lots of notes, don’t you? Some have a major sound. Some have a minor sound. But there’s not one blue note among…

— David Mutti Clark

A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter…

— Alicia Keys

So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.

— Edgar Winter

Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace.

— Tommy Bolin

I'll tell you a little secret about the Blues: it's not enough to know which notes to play, you have to know why they…

— George Carlin

You're a master on blues piano. The real deal.

— Jeffrey Wright

Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and attitudes, the stance they adopt in the…

— August Wilson

Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and their attitudes, the stance that they adopt…

— August Wilson

I'm not committed to putting myself up for a blues guitarist, even though I love playing the blues.

— Jeff Beck

My blues are so simple, but so few people can play it right

— Muddy Waters