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The Blues Quotes: "It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now."

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.



The Blues Quotes: "For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall."

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.




The Blues Quotes: "The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning."

The blues tells a story. Every line of the blues has a meaning.



The Blues Quotes: "If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music."

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.




The Blues Quotes: "Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard."

Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard.



The Blues Quotes: "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."

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.



The Blues Quotes: "I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed."

I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.




The Blues Quotes: "If you don't live it, you don't believe it."

If you don't live it, you don't believe it.



The Blues Quotes: "Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players.... male and female."

Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players.... male and female.



The Blues Quotes: "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 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.



The Blues Quotes: "My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues."

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.



The Blues Quotes: "The harmonica is the most voice-like instrument, you can make it wail, feel happy, or cry. It's like singing the blues without words."

The harmonica is the most voice-like instrument, you can make it wail, feel happy, or cry. It's like singing the blues without words.




The Blues Quotes: "White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there."

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.



The Blues Quotes: "Blues musicians don't retire. They drop."

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.



The Blues Quotes: "The blues ain't nothing but a good man feelin' bad."

The blues ain't nothing but a good man feelin' bad.



The Blues Quotes: "Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin."

Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.



The Blues Quotes: "When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life."

When I'm singing the blues, I'm singing life.



The Blues Quotes: "As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music."

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.



The Blues Quotes: "The blues was bleeding the same blood as me."

The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.



The Blues Quotes: "Most good things come with the risk of something bad."

Most good things come with the risk of something bad.



The Blues Quotes: "I don't play anything but the blues, but now I could never make no money on nothin' but the blues. That's why I wasn't interested in nothin' else."

I don't play anything but the blues, but now I could never make no money on nothin' but the blues. That's why I wasn't interested in nothin' else.



The Blues Quotes: "Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues."

Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues.



The Blues Quotes: "Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope."

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.



The Blues Quotes: "Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy."

Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.



The Blues Quotes: "God, I'm just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the blues, you know?"

God, I'm just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the blues, you know?



The Blues Quotes: "I just hope I'm remembered as a good blues musician."

I just hope I'm remembered as a good blues musician.



The Blues Quotes: "Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues"

Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues



The Blues Quotes: "The idea of a hypnotic riff as the prime mover of a piece of music has been around for a long time, whether you're talking about the Delta blues or music from Middle Eastern and African cultures."

The idea of a hypnotic riff as the prime mover of a piece of music has been around for a long time, whether you're talking about the Delta blues or music from Middle Eastern and African cultures.



The Blues Quotes: "What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man."

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.



The Blues Quotes: "When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times."

When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times.



The Blues Quotes: "Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it."

Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.



The Blues Quotes: "Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues."

Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.



The Blues Quotes: "The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around."

The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.



The Blues Quotes: "I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop."

I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.



The Blues Quotes: "It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music."

It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.



The Blues Quotes: "I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society."

I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society.



The Blues Quotes: "Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people."

Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people.



The Blues Quotes: "My brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it."

My brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it.



The Blues Quotes: "See, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues."

See, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues.



The Blues Quotes: "Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help."

Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.



The Blues Quotes: "The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues"

The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues



The Blues Quotes: "Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things."

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



The Blues Quotes: "I listen to blues music a lot and that's a good person feeling bad and celebrating that pain by releasing it in that kind of joyous fashion."

I listen to blues music a lot and that's a good person feeling bad and celebrating that pain by releasing it in that kind of joyous fashion.



The Blues Quotes: "Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime."

Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime.



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

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



The Blues Quotes: "The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music."

The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music.



The Blues Quotes: "I never liked blues music, and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry."

I never liked blues music, and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.



The Blues Quotes: "I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing."

I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music, all that sort of thing.



The Blues Quotes: "The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army."

The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army.