Most people say, ‘Well, Earl, you sing the blues,’ or however they want to categorize it. I just sing songs. – Earl King
Depending on what you allow, you can still get the blues, man. I’m still trying to figure out where the blues really lies, where the street is. – Christian Scott
There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing. – Ethel Waters
Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It’s really, truly, rural white America’s blues. – Dwight Yoakam
I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown. – Gary Oldman
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. – Nick Cave
What cultural revolutionaries do not seem to grasp is that, far from being a grass-roots art form that has been taken over by businessmen, rock itself comes from the commercial exploitation of the blues. – Ellen Willis
To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, ‘Well, I’m gonna play bluesy now.’ – Dimebag Darrell
I’m always on duty, so I tend to wear suits. I’ve got double-breasted and single-breasted, mostly dark blues and grays. I’m obsessed with them, and I always have been. – Charlie Siem
The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It’s probably the music that belongs most to our time. – Michael Tippett
I kind of got really, really into ‘Hill Street Blues’ when it came out. I used to leave a class early just to make sure I could watch the episode of ‘Hill Street Blues’ that day. – Mark Pellegrino
I tend to play a lot of blues things at home, because most blues things are basically within a 12-bar pattern. – Marc Bolan
You might think it’s really nifty Sixty’s now the brand new fifty And you would not now have the blues If your gut had heard the news. – Greg Tamblyn
There’s a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can’t figure the name of it. It’s a different chord, and they all make it. – Jimmy Rushing
You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music. – Keith Richards
When I came to The Moody Blues, we were a rhythm and blues band. I was lousy at rhythm and blues – I think the rest of us were. – Justin Hayward
