Belfast Quote by Van Morrison

I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a…

— Bonnie Raitt

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

— Luther Allison

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

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

— Hope Emerson

I was essentially raised on blues music. My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the only music…

— Hozier

For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not…

— John C. Reilly

But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my…

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

When I was about 16, I spent a couple of months playing at clubs in Italy with a blues band. I'll never forget stepping…

— David Essex

Well, I grew up on the blues, man!

— Gil Scott-Heron

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

— Lightnin' Hopkins

I used to be a great blues singer.

— Roger Daltrey

I never had the blues; the blues always had me.

— Brownie McGhee