"But of course it's different now, the blues……" — Ruth Brown
"But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now."
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15 Quotes by Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown has 15 quotes on this site.
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A fox is a wolf who sends flowers.
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All of these years that I have been singing, no one has done a documentary about my music as far…
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There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the…
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We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues.
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When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause.
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When I saw all of the people I have known all these years, when we got together, it was scary…
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I sang on Church Street, every place that had a stage.
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I thought the best thing you were supposed to do was find somebody and try to sound like them.
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Life is like a butterfly. You can chase, or you can let it come to you.
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If you are speaking about my own songs, I would think so because we were talking about that particular era…
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Unfortunately, the young generation, who I believe have their own place in the sun like I had mine; but I…
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I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time.
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More Blues Quotes
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one of 667 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
— Russell Baker
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Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
— Count Basie
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Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
— Christina Aguilera
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I…
— Jeff Bridges
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'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.
— Luke Bryan
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I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to…
— Gary Allan
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The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
— Nick Cave
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I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music,…
— Nick Cave
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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth.…
— Ray Charles
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The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my…
— Eric Clapton
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