Blues Quote by Genesis P-Orridge

Zeppelin were a blues band but [also] so much more, [as were] The Stones.

— Phil Collen

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

From the first album, Led Zeppelin was always going to be a totally new approach from what had gone before - whether it was…

— Jimmy Page

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

— Anonymous

I never listen to Led Zeppelin. But, I mean, I don't think Robert Plant or Jimmy Page listen to Led Zeppelin, either. We all…

— Dan Auerbach

Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes.

— L.A. Reid

Led Zeppelin sounded like nobody else. That spoke to the individuality of the band and the direction Jimmy Page wanted to pursue.

— Jason Bonham

We decided to start our own group because we were bored with everything we heard... Everything was 10th-generation Led Zeppelin... Overproduced, or just junk.…

— Joey Ramone

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

— Shawn Amos

I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them.

— Karen O

The blues was so big in the late '60s that it kinda wore itself out, and people weren't diggin' the blues as much.

— Johnny Winter

Led Zeppelin was a band that would change things around substantially each time it played... We were becoming tighter and tighter, to the point…

— Jimmy Page