Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties. Votes: 3
Martin Luther King, Jr.The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues Votes: 3
Mick TaylorThe Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues. Votes: 3
Mick TaylorBlues ain't never going anywhere. It can get slow, but it ain't going nowhere. Votes: 3
David EdwardsI was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Votes: 3
Patrick CarneyLorne finally said, Do the Blues Brothers thing. The response was amazing. People went nuts. Votes: 3
Steve CropperStop all this weeping, swallow your pride/ You will not die, its not poison -Tombstone Blues Votes: 3
Bob DylanBlues, rock and hip hop are more about a lifestyle and culture than notes on a page. Votes: 3
Jake ShimabukuroYou can always tell a car door, no other door sounds quite like it.("New York Blues") Votes: 3
Cornell WoolrichI've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that. Votes: 3
Harry SeidlerBlues ain't football. You don't have to retire at 30. You can grow and play all your life. Votes: 3
Elvin BishopBlues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion. Votes: 3
Christina AguileraI had to shoot shotguns for The Blues Brothers. But I don't like that stuff. Too butch for me. Votes: 3
Carrie FisherBlues fallin' down like hail And the day keeps on worryin' me There's a hell hound on my trail. Votes: 3
Robert JohnsonI go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers. Votes: 3
Eddie FloydThe first real thing I heard was Three O'Clock Blues by B.B. King. That's where it all began for me. Votes: 3
Robin TrowerThe music plays . . . and your sense of reality is heightened to a dream. Votes: 1
David Mutti ClarkYou got infinite channels and limitless rhymes, but the riddles of livin' stay undefined? Votes: 1
David Mutti ClarkMy mama used to say the blues is an ailment that don't like no sunshine in the room. Votes: 1
Lisa WingateI snorted a whole bag of powdered pink flamingoes, and it was enough to power me through my blues. Votes: 1
Jarod KintzI don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going. Votes: 1
B. B. KingSee, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues. Votes: 0
Jimi HendrixThere are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Votes: 0
Townes Van ZandtIt's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . . Votes: 0
John Lee HookerFor a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression. Votes: 0
Gary Clark, Jr.If it ain't about what's real, what's happenin' right now, it ain't the blues. Votes: 0
Chris Thomas KingOnce you start collecting records you learn more and more about jazz and blues. Votes: 0
John MayallAll the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy. Votes: 0
Robert CrayThe blues has been the foundation of all other American music since the beginning. Votes: 0
Willie DixonWithout the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely. Votes: 0
Henry RollinsThe blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music. Votes: 0
Willie DixonSome of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard. Votes: 0
Bruce SpringsteenJohnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated. Votes: 0
Ritchie BlackmoreI wanted to know everything about the blues. I think it constantly changes for me. Votes: 0
Jason MomoaFunk, gospel, blues is all out of slavery times, out of depression, out of sorrow. Votes: 0
Nina SimoneWinter blues are cured every time with a potato gratin paired with a roast chicken. Votes: 0
Alexandra GuarnaschelliThe last thing that the blues needs is another smart-ass white boy with an attitude. Votes: 0
Brownie McGheeThe jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing. Votes: 0
Buddy GuyAs far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music. Votes: 0
Edgar WinterThe parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters. Votes: 0
Alexis KornerThe blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from. Votes: 0
Izzy StradlinIf you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go. Votes: 0
Eric ClaptonThere are only three white blues singers -- Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them. Votes: 0
Richard ThompsonThe blues have always had some of the best times, best feelings Iâve ever had. Votes: 0
Keanu ReevesI've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart. Votes: 0
Waylon JenningsHumor is most powerful thing that uses laughter as it base to chase your blues away. Votes: 0
Kareena KapoorSometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do 'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues. Votes: 0
Eddie CochranI've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer Votes: 0
B. B. KingI've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer. Votes: 0
B. B. KingThat speciï¬c remedy for the worldwide epidemic of depression is a gift called the blues. Votes: 0
Kurt VonnegutSay what you will about Gypsy women, but they are remarkable assessors of blues guitar talent. Votes: 0
Gary GulmanI love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk. Votes: 0
John LescroartOur repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things. Votes: 0
Ray DaviesMy family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues. Votes: 0
Jay McShannI must feel the fire of my soul so my intellectual blues can set others on fire. Votes: 0
Cornel WestI been in the blues all my life. I'm still delivering 'cause I got a long memory. Votes: 0
Muddy WatersAin't but one kind of blues and that consists of a male and female that's in love. Votes: 0
Son HouseAs a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit. Votes: 0
Kevin NealonI love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records. Votes: 0
KeshaI had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him. Votes: 0
Jay McShannI believe I'll take off my colors for awhile / And just kick back and sing some blues... Votes: 0
Ray Wylie HubbardSome people tell me that the worried blues ain't bad. Worst old feelin' I most ever had. Votes: 0
Robert JohnsonMost blues don't have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues. Votes: 0
Dave Van RonkPeople out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys. Votes: 0
Brian SetzerI've got friends in low places, where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away. Votes: 0
Garth BrooksThe blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink. Votes: 0
Henry RollinsI'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues. Votes: 0
Bill NighyThere was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing. Votes: 0
Ethel WatersWhen I discovered Mose Allison I felt I had discovered the missing link between jazz and blues Votes: 0
Ray DaviesThen I started checking out blues albums from the library and playing the harp along with them. Votes: 0
John GoodmanIt is secular spiritual music, the gospel blues. It's music from the heart instead of the head. Votes: 0
Charlie MusselwhiteThe blues is celebration, because when you take sorrow and turn it into music, you transform it. Votes: 0
OdettaAll riddles are blues, / And all blues are sad, / And I'm only mentioning / Some blues I've had. Votes: 0
Maya AngelouI always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music Votes: 0
Aaron NevilleIf you don't feel the blues, then you're not listening. Then you're just a professor or something. Votes: 0
Brother AliSo the blues player, he ain't worried and bothered, but he's got something for the worried people. Votes: 0
Roosevelt SykesI always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music. Votes: 0
Aaron NevilleI had the one thing you need to be a blues singer, I was born with the blues. Votes: 0
Lightnin' HopkinsBefore I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues. Votes: 0
Luther AllisonI've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am. Votes: 0
Benjamin BookerWhen I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs. Votes: 0
Gary Clark, Jr.Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose Won't you let me go down in my dreams? Votes: 0
James TaylorMy template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues it so often is. Votes: 0
Mick FleetwoodWith my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump. Votes: 0
Louis JordanI wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock. Votes: 0
John MayerI sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say. Votes: 0
Justin TimberlakeI grew up listening to Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and lots of blues, R&B and Motown. Votes: 0
L'Wren ScottMy guitar is my torch, my soul carries the flame. Make no mistake, I'm a true blues man. Votes: 0
Big Bill MorganfieldA lot of people wonder, what is the blues? Well, I'm gonna tell you what the blues is... Votes: 0
Howlin' WolfAll you need is the blues. To me, the blues is the book, it's the bible, it's everything. Votes: 0
August WilsonWhen I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues. Votes: 0
Jonny LangI call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Votes: 0
B. B. KingThat's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0
Little RichardI wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it. Votes: 0
Robin TrowerThe way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different. Votes: 0
John Lee HookerI woke up this mornin' Feelin' round for my shoes Know 'bout I got these, Old walkin' blues. Votes: 0
Robert JohnsonNobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently. Votes: 0
Otis RushAn eighty-nine year old kid from Boston playing a blues in New Orleans takes a lot of chutzpah. Votes: 0
George WeinI loved music from the age of eight. Jazz and blues. But also Little Richard and Elvis Presley. Votes: 0
Bryan FerryWhen I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced me that I could get away with doin' the blues. Votes: 0
Johnny WinterFor me, the ultimate form of expression is blues, where jazz appeals to me on an intellectual level. Votes: 0
Scott HendersonI probably owe as much to Jeff Beck as I do to Son House with connections to the blues. Votes: 0
Billy GibbonsPeople should hear the pure blues - the #" blues we used to have when we had no money. Votes: 0
Muddy WatersThe blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing. Votes: 0
Jimmy RushingI guess that's why they call it the blues, time on my hands could be time spent with you. Votes: 0
Elton JohnMy brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it. Votes: 0
James TaylorI think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me. Votes: 0
Derek BaileyI think it will always be around it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues. Votes: 0
Johnny WinterI don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues. Votes: 0
Luther AllisonTen years from now, it'll all be the blues because that's the only speed I'll be able to play Votes: 0
Ringo StarrMy idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues. Votes: 0
Mark KnopflerWhen I got out of high school, I joined a local blues band in Philadelphia - Woody's Truck Stop. Votes: 0
Todd RundgrenI've been listening to quite a lot of classical music like Erik Satie, and quite a lot of blues. Votes: 0
Elizabeth JaggerI started singing on the radio in Los Angeles. I sang blues, but I would tend toward country blues. Votes: 0
Georgia HoltThe blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time. Votes: 0
Michael TippettIt was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees set on the same night. Votes: 0
Peter TorkIt was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees' set on the same night. Votes: 0
Peter TorkYou got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy. Votes: 0
Ringo StarrOf course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues. Votes: 0
Count BasieBiggest lesson I've ever had in life is that blues had a baby and they named it rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0
Sinead O'ConnorIt's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues. Votes: 0
Neil YoungI don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. Votes: 0
David GilmourWe are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues. Votes: 0
Ruth BrownThere were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players. Votes: 0
Stephen StillsI had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet. Votes: 0
Denis WaitleyI smoked this joint and then it hit me. I thought, what you gotta do is play your own simply blues. Votes: 0
Iggy PopMy musical taste has always been wide. I started out as a folky before I moved on to blues and soul. Votes: 0
Rod StewartThe blues he sends to meet me, won't defeat me. It won't be long til happiness steps up to greet me. Votes: 0
B. J. ThomasMost Americans have a sense of what the blues is. But in Hong Kong, they have no sense of the blues. Votes: 0
Jess RowMy first car was a 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback in red, like the one in 'The Blues Brothers.' I painted a Union Jack on the roof. I was absolutely in love with it until I destroyed it, which broke my heart! Votes: 3 Richard Hammond
I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers. Votes: 5 Johnny Winter
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 living at white clubs and having my fun at the other places. Votes: 4 Stevie Ray Vaughan