Blues Quote by Jimmie Allen

Country music, like rock or blues, can move over into a lot of different areas.

— Dusty Hill

Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time.

— Linda Barnes

Blues and jazz are such a root to music.

— Donovan

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'm a jazz musician, and I really wanted to not miss an opportunity to have the full connection to jazz.

— Kurt Elling

I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.

— John Oates

As more people get into indie bands and alternative music, they're also getting more into other genres that fit those categories, like jazz and…

— Hilary Hahn

I visited New York in '63, intending to move there, but I noticed that what I valued about jazz was being discarded. I ran…

— Joe Sample

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

— Nat Hentoff

In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the…

— Chet Baker

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing…

— B. B. King