Black Quote by Stevie Ray Vaughan

I not only played and sang blues, but I also had to toss the piano around a bit to amuse the patrons.

— Hope Emerson

Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.

— Luther Allison

I was competing for attention in a four-piece band that was phenomenal, and I was trying to attack the blues from a kind of…

— Robert Plant

I developed a passion for American blues music, and I'd buy albums from a record shop in Soho, which I played on my Dansette…

— David Essex

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

I would sing the blues if I had the blues.

— Chuck Berry

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

When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.

— Gary Clark, Jr

Well, I couldn't play an instrument. I'd just stand up front and announce the numbers. They had me sing a little, but that was…

— Jesse Owens

I was living and working with adult men who were playing a real art form. And I had been playing blues all my life.…

— Steve Miller

I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this…

— Bonnie Raitt

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

— Anand Mahindra