August Quote by Eddie Cochran

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.

— Mahalia Jackson

When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life.

— Etta James

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…

— Peter Tork

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

— Memphis Slim

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

— Jimi Hendrix

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

— B. B. King

The blues has been in my life since I was little.

— Lenny Henry

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

— Eric Clapton

The blues is life itself.

— Billy Gibbons

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

This be an empty world without the blues.

— Ma Rainey

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

— Ted Alexandro