Backgrounds Quote by Ruth Brown

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

It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . .

— John Lee Hooker

I can still write blues songs because I remember everything.

— Eddie Vedder

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

With Free, we had phased out all of the blues material and wanted to phase in all original material, and the only song that…

— Paul Rodgers

I love the blues, but I love a lot of music.

— Anand Mahindra

I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

— B. B. King

I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell…

— Robert Cray

I had the one thing you need to be a blues singer, I was born with the blues.

— Lightnin' Hopkins

It's okay to sing the blues once in a while, but don't let it become your favourite song.

— @efiosiugbore

I consider myself much more of a blues singer now.

— Boy George

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