Bars Quote by Shawn Amos

The blues is nothing but a story... The verses which are sung in the blues is a true story, what people are doing... what…

— David Edwards

The blues is a hopeful music. It helps you process something rather than avoid it. It's like mourning, in essence.

— Ted Alexandro

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 blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.

— Nick Cave

My definition of the blues is the naked cry of the human heart longing to be in union with God.

— Dion DiMucci

The blues needs to be everything to you, otherwise it's not going to come across. That's what I think.

— Gary Moore

The blues is an impulse to keep the painful details and episodes of a brutal experience alive in one's aching consciousness, to finger its…

— Ralph Ellison

A lot of blues music seems like it's moving away from God, or the center, and Gospel music is moving towards it. It's embracing…

— Dion DiMucci

I'll tell you a little secret about the Blues: it's not enough to know which notes to play, you have to know why they…

— George Carlin

The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled…

— Ry Cooder

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.

— John Lee Hooker

The form of the blues helps us express our joys, our fears, our - anything you want to express. And it helps you get…

— Dion DiMucci