Blues Quote by Etta James

Most of the songs I sing, they have that blue feeling to it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm…

— Etta James

When we sing the blues, we're singin' out our hearts, we're singing out our feelings. Maybe we're hurt and just can't answer back, then…

— Zora Neale Hurston

I can sing the blues and I have sung the blues. I feel it internally when I'm singing.

— Gregory Porter

The blues? Why, the blues are a part of me. They're like a chant. The blues are like spirituals, almost sacred. When we sing…

— Alberta Hunter

I listen to blues music a lot and that's a good person feeling bad and celebrating that pain by releasing it in that kind…

— Henry Rollins

The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, going to church, being very happy ... it's sort of a mixed up…

— Billie Holiday

I was singing the blues when I was six. Kind of sad, eh?

— Harry Dean Stanton

I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more…

— Chris Isaak

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

— Billy Gibbons

A lot of people think the blues is depressing but that's not the blues I'm singing. When I'm singing blues, I singing life. People…

— Etta James

Blues are the songs of despair,

— Mahalia Jackson

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

— Ted Alexandro