British Quote by Ronnie Wood Download Open image “Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion.” — Ronnie Wood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare British British invasion Invasion White
The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning. — Willie Dixon Copy Share Image
White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The blues are important primarily because they contain the cultural expression and the cultural response to blacks in America and to the situation that… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I was the first white British woman to reach No 1 on the R&B chart - the American black music chart. — Lisa Stansfield Copy Share Image
It's an often-asked question, 'Why did all these spotty white English boys suddenly start playing blues in the '60s?' It was recognized as this… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
There are only three white blues singers -- Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them. — Richard Thompson Copy Share
I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues. — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
Black people have always loved the blues - they basically created the blues. — Princess Nokia Copy Share Image
It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians,… — Mick Taylor Copy Share Image
I can't go along with all that shit about having to give everything up. I'd always say to them in the clinic I'm still… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
I have a life coach out with me on tour, a very nice guy from L.A. He just prepares me for each day. — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
When I get intimate with my paintings, it's a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
In my family, they were all big boozers, but they all lived to ripe old ages. — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
I will miss a good friend who was so talanted. He was such agreat performer/ guitar player. Sleep well Prince. — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
Songs are out there - they're waiting to be grabbed. I start with a phrase, musical and lyrical, words like 'I don't think so'… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
It's good fun, making a solo album, because there's perhaps songs that wouldn't get used for the Stones or any other kind of outfit… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
During the Eighties, when I was hurting for money, I thought, 'Hang on a minute - I can paint.' I was living in New… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
I am a big fan of the Impressionists, and in my school days, I was inspired by Caravaggio, Velazquez and Rembrandt. — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
I shot for French and British Vogue. The British Vogue one featured clothes by Chloe and was shot at Highgate and the John Soane… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than… — Peter Hilton Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' - they were… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better. — Kevin Brownlow Copy Share Image
All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks! — Sade Adu Copy Share Image
British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt. — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion. — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image