Attention Quote by Rodney Crowell

The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music…

— Alberta Hunter

Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was…

— Keith Richards

There's a lot of unreleased blues stuff I did with the Apollo Theater musicians, and there was of experimenting going on for me in…

— Dion DiMucci

Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.

— Henry Rollins

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

Blues is one of the most important art forms. It's an amazing music, and we don't want to lose it.

— Steve Miller

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

— Gary Hoey

I do not claim any of the creation of the blues, although I have written many of them even before Mr. Handy had any…

— Jelly Roll Morton

Rhythm and blues started even before phonograph records were being produced because black people entertained themselves. It wasn't done for money. It was done…

— Jesse Stone

I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's…

— Wynton Marsalis

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I…

— Eric Clapton

We just sang real simple songs in a simple way that got to people. We didn't try to tart them up with orchestral arrangements…

— Mick Ralphs