Casts Quote by Steven Bochco

I kind of got really, really into 'Hill Street Blues' when it came out. I used to leave a class early just to make…

— Mark Pellegrino

All the great shows owe a lot to 'Hill Street Blues.'

— Lennie James

Hill Street Blues might have been the first television show that had a memory. One episode after another was part of a cumulative experience…

— Steven Bochco

I used to be a great blues singer.

— Roger Daltrey

My influences were the riff-based blues coming from Chicago in the Fifties - Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Billy Boy Arnold records.

— Jimmy Page

For me, the highlight was meeting all the Motown acts, as I adore black soul music. I met Stevie Wonder who I love, and…

— Tony Blackburn

I was just fascinated by the blues.

— Rory Gallagher

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

— Eric Clapton

I love early blues like Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf. I listened to the way these people sang, and it was just…

— Rob Halford

I was fortunate to be connected with bands who later became pioneers for certain genres of music scenes. And my art went along with…

— Arik Roper

Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was that far…

— D. B. Weiss

I worked as an artist, played in a band, met Andy Warhol, Christo, Lou Reed, and David Byrne. I had fun.

— Mary Lou Jepsen