Blues Quote by Keith Richards

Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.

— Henry Rollins

The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music…

— Alberta Hunter

The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far…

— Alexis Korner

British blues was my favorite music, and it still is.

— Joe Bonamassa

It would be a shame if the BBC didn't exist.

— James May

I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.

— Jimmy Page

When I was a kid, we didn't have any blues stations. I never heard Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters or any of those people…

— Tom Petty

We didn't really expect to achieve anything outside of the UK, and it just went crazy. It's just crazy that people know our music.…

— Zayn Malik

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

— Michael Tippett

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

We just sang real simple songs in a simple way that got to people. We didn't try to tart them up with orchestral arrangements…

— Mick Ralphs