Buying Quote by Don McLean

You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues.

— Carol Plum-Ucci

You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy.

— Ringo Starr

When you ain’t got no money, you got the blues.

— Howlin' Wolf

When I die, they'll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.

— John Lee Hooker

Don't waste your time away thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues.

— Jon Bon Jovi

Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.

— Dan Castellaneta

You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

— Herbie Mann

If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living.

— Buddy Guy

“And here's to the blues, the real blues— where there's a hint of hope in every cry of desperation.”

— David Mutti Clark

See, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues.

— Jimi Hendrix

The blues ain't nothin' but a botheration on your mind.

— Memphis Slim

If you don't think you've got the blues, just keep living, and if you don't think you're drunk, just keep drinking what you're drinking.

— Buddy Guy