Generation Quote by Paul Rodgers

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

— Jimmy Page

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

The early years when I was starting, blues player, you wasn't always welcome in a lot of the other places. People usually have preconceived…

— B. B. King

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing…

— Ruth Brown

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

When you look at so much of what we all love, there's either soul-based to it, or it's the blues. It's really the beginnings…

— Paul Weller

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

— Gary Hoey

Blues is such a dynamic and ever-changing system of music.

— Paul Rodgers

I was just fascinated by the blues.

— Rory Gallagher

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

— Michael Tippett

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

— Wynton Marsalis

Blues and jazz are such a root to music.

— Donovan