Quote by Hope Emerson

Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.

— Luther Allison

I wanted to play blues. But I wasn't blue enough. I wasn't like Muddy Waters, people who really had it hard. In our house,…

— Chuck Berry

Then I started checking out blues albums from the library and playing the harp along with them.

— John Goodman

I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened…

— Eric Clapton

I kept playing blues-based music all during the 1980s, and it was tough.

— Rory Gallagher

I used to be a great blues singer.

— Roger Daltrey

But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my…

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so I liked…

— B. B. King

I was just fascinated by the blues.

— Rory Gallagher

I was living and working with adult men who were playing a real art form. And I had been playing blues all my life.…

— Steve Miller

I remember my brother came home with a bass and played a blues solo on it. I just went insane for days afterwards learning…

— Labrinth

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

— B. B. King