Blues Quote by L'Wren Scott

There are many influences in my music, not only blues. R&B, Motown, gospel, old timey, jazz, even classical are all part of what I…

— Rory Block

The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.

— Eric Clapton

All the muddy waters of my life cleared up when I gave myself to Christ.

— Mickey Rooney

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

With the '60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the…

— Jordin Sparks

I grew up listening to a lot of that stuff, Motown and Stooges. But also early rock-and-roll like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee…

— Alex Winston

The Beatles were huge. And the first thing they said when you interviewed them, 'Oh yeah, we grew up on Motown.'..They were the first…

— Smokey Robinson

The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which…

— George Catlin

All the really great records or people who made them somehow came from Memphis or Louisiana or somewhere along the Mississippi River...And singers like…

— John Fogerty

“There had to be the dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background its flashing glory. a”

— Betty Smith

I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

— Eric Clapton

Muddy Waters was, like, the king! He had a lot of adopted sons and daughters. I was just happy to be one of them.

— Robert Cray

James Cotton is a real blues guy, and he played with Muddy Waters, and it surprised me that they would want me to make…

— Charlie Haden

Little Walter and Muddy Waters were incredible. And Bo Diddley was doing some great stuff, too.

— Columbus Short