Blues Quote by Joe Bonamassa

All of my solos are blues based. Even though a lot of my songs get into pop, I wind up going back to the…

— Orianthi

Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace.

— Tommy Bolin

My blues are so simple, but so few people can play it right

— Muddy Waters

Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and attitudes, the stance they adopt in the…

— August Wilson

Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and their attitudes, the stance that they adopt…

— August Wilson

The early years when I was starting, blues player, you wasn't always welcome in a lot of the other places. People usually have preconceived…

— B. B. King

I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could…

— Alexis Korner

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

— Eric Clapton

I just play blues for fun.

— Howlin' Wolf

I'd do the blues all the time if I could, that's what I'm into. But people just don't like to hear it.

— J. J. Cale

I really want to concentrate of the blues again and do it properly, which is something I feel I didn't do before.

— Gary Moore

My template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues it so often is.

— Mick Fleetwood