Blues Quotes

Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.

I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and having that rhythm and blues - the blues background was my big inspiration.

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.

I have as much input to the blues; I just never got the chance, the opportunity or maybe the respect.

In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.

I'm not really a country singer, although I did make a couple albums and love its simple, straight-from-the-heart approach, but I have always sung a lot of jazz, show tunes, pop tunes, gospel and blues.

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.

If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up.

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly.

I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that.

I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.

I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.

If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.

We played one warm-up gig at this bar that was kinda like that bar in 'The Blues Brothers' with the chicken wire. This place called The Brick House, in Housatonic. I really can't believe we're going to play for people in New York City. I'm terrified, but it's a small enough room. But it's really just supposed to be for the fun of it.

I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n' roll especially comes from blues.

But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me.

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.

Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music.

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.

One thing the blues ain't, is funny.

It was the early days of Rock 'n' Roll in this country. We were all struggling to learn music, it might be Country, Jazz, Classical, Blues or even Rock 'n' Roll.

A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.

Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by.

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues.

I still like to play the blues more than anything else.

Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway.