Foundation Quote by Luther Allison

The blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from.

— Izzy Stradlin

The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. It's cool how music grows, but the foundation is always…

— Gary Clark, Jr

The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back…

— Ronnie Wood

Blues is a big part of rock and roll. The best rock and roll got its birth in the blues. You hear it in…

— Angus Young

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

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll

— Johnny Winter

Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if it sounds…

— Wynton Marsalis

When you think blues, you think BB King. Even a young kid can look at a picture of BB King and say, 'the blues.'…

— Joe Bonamassa

The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning.

— Willie Dixon

All music is the blues. All of it.

— George Carlin

The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.

— Nick Cave

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

— Michael Tippett