People Quote by John Lee Hooker

We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em.

— Miles Davis

I think the blues will always be around. People need it.

— Johnny Winter

The blues was so big in the late '60s that it kinda wore itself out, and people weren't diggin' the blues as much.

— Johnny Winter

When you think of blues, all you think about is crying guitar like B.B. King's guitar. You think about someone crying that their woman's…

— Ike Turner

The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on…

— Tom Waits

People think the blues is sad. They hear people moaning and such. That's not the blues. That's just somebody singing slow...The blues is about…

— Alberta Hunter

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears.…

— John Lee Hooker

There's always talk about the blues dying out, but it won't.

— Joe Bonamassa

The blues is not a plaything like some people think they are.

— Son House

The blues brings you back into the fold. The blues isn't about the blues, it's about we have all had the blues and we…

— Peter Tork

There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.

— Stephen Stills

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I…

— Eric Clapton