Music Quote by James Young

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

Blues is a very physical music.

— Hozier

The blues is deceptively simple. Verse and chorus. Sometimes not even a chorus. Four bars that repeat, no Auto-Tune, electricity optional. It is the…

— Shawn Amos

Blues is a big part of rock and roll. The best rock and roll got its birth in the blues. You hear it in…

— Angus Young

The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.

— Michael Tippett

All music is the blues. All of it.

— George Carlin

I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's…

— Wynton Marsalis

The blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from.

— Izzy Stradlin

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

— Ted Alexandro

An element I love about the blues is jamming with other musicians.

— Gary Hoey

I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues music in…

— PJ Harvey

Styx has their own style of music, and I think that's justifiable, the same way that Asia and Yes have had - Yes particularly…

— Geoff Downes