Band Quote by Fred Armisen

When the blues came out, it was something pure and undefined, but when all these white groups got hold of it, it became something…

— Genesis P-Orridge

Blues became rock, rock became soul, and all of it was colorblind.

— Shawn Amos

Blues is such a dynamic and ever-changing system of music.

— Paul Rodgers

All the classic bands that have been around forever, they came up gradually.

— Rob Zombie

I was just fascinated by the blues.

— Rory Gallagher

I wanted to know everything about the blues. I think it constantly changes for me.

— Jason Momoa

The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back…

— Ronnie Wood

The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. It's cool how music grows, but the foundation is always…

— Gary Clark, Jr

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

— David Byrne

A lot of the bands I loved, I didn't know where they came from or where they were going.

— Bucky Pope

I had heard blues and jazz all my life but I was never aware that it was associated with nightclubs and drinking.

— Nina Simone

I began writing with Mike Pinder and eventually we went on to form a new band called The M&B, which later became The Moody…

— Denny Laine