Blues Quote by Kevin Young

To me, the blues is an infection. I don't think it's necessarily a melancholy thing; the blues can be really positive and I think…

— Mick Fleetwood

The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled…

— Ry Cooder

[The blues] is the antidote for sadness and depression.

— Warren Haynes

The blues is an impulse to keep the painful details and episodes of a brutal experience alive in one's aching consciousness, to finger its…

— Ralph Ellison

I always wanted to do a story on the blues that not only reflected its nature and its content, but also alludes to the…

— Charles Burnett

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

— Ted Alexandro

Blues are the songs of despair,

— Mahalia Jackson

Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance.

— Wynton Marsalis

I think the blues is the best literature that we as blacks have created since we've been here. I call it our 'sacred book.'…

— August Wilson

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've always loved the blues, ever since I was a kid. It has a depth to it that a lot of contemporary music doesn't…

— Nickolas Ashford

There are happy blues, sad blues, lonesome blues, red-hot blues, mad blues, and loving blues. Blues is a testimony to the fullness of life.

— Corey Harris