Blue Quote by Joe Wright

It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and…

— Eric Clapton

I loved 'Blue Velvet.'

— Sheryl Lee

My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something…

— Gary Shteyngart

Soul and blues were a definite influence on me. It was raw and naked emotion which you didn't get much where I come from.

— Paul Rodgers

The poetry when I was a kid felt like something that I could control, and whether it failed or not, whether it was good…

— Amber Tamblyn

English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.

— Zadie Smith

Red Hook Road made me happy, and happy to be alive. It took me out of my home on the coast of South Carolina,…

— Pat Conroy

I was a very quiet kid who didn't feel normal being outgoing and running around, so all the beauty that was in my life,…

— Alison Sudol

My life has had a lot of fits and starts: before I studied literature at all I was a musician, and began undergrad as…

— Garth Greenwell

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my…

— Scott Weiland

A girl named Rachel transformed my childhood. Life was safe, suburban and comfortable, but ours was a home without books. I met her aged…

— Caroline Lucas

I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind.…

— Jack White