Beats Quote by Martin Gore

I always wrote like rock 'n' roll. And I always listen to rock 'n' roll as poetry.

— Patti Smith

One of my big inspirations was Chuck Berry, and his playing was always about the rhythm and the lyrics. So I've always been that…

— Mick Ralphs

Listen to really old blues guys and how they weren't allowed to sing about what they meant; they alluded to things. I find that…

— Dusty Hill

I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all…

— Little Richard

I always been writing songs since I was, like, six. I was listening to Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Frankie Laine and people like…

— Kyle

An element I love about the blues is jamming with other musicians.

— Gary Hoey

A lot of what I listened to growing up was blues, but also folk and indie music. So there's this marriage of songs that…

— George Ezra

I can still write blues songs because I remember everything.

— Eddie Vedder

In my moments of down time I tend to listen to Blues.

— Horace Panter

I remember writing '5 Dollars' out of intense listening sessions of Bruce Springsteen. I don't know if it's obvious, but I was obsessed with…

— Christine and the Queens

I've been writing everything from pop to country to blues - just a mixed bag of everything.

— Uncle Kracker

Sometimes the best songs almost write themselves

— Bill Anderson