"The world has made everything else and still……" — Willie Dixon
"The world has made everything else and still it can't make peace. And the reason it can't make peace is because of the evil, ignorance and stupidity. I have songs that explain these facts. And that's the blues."
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Willie Dixon
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13 Quotes by Willie Dixon
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People have been brainwashed into believing that it's got to be down or it wouldn't be blues. But it's not…
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The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, insiration, feeling, and understanding.
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The blues is the roots, the rest is the fruits.
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The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it…
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According to Biblical history and all of the history of the world, the blues was built in man from the…
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The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.
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Mose Allison is a beautiful musician.
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A bad rendition of you is better than a good rendition of somebody else.
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It could be a spoonful of diamonds, could be a spoonful of gold. Just a little spoon of your precious…
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The blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning.
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I don't want you to cook my bread, I don't want you to make my bed. I don't want you…
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The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.
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More Blues Quotes
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
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Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
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Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.
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I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
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Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I…
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'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.
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I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to…
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The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
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I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music,…
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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth.…
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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…
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