But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about. – Luther Allison
Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it’s Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It’s just the beat that changes. – L.A. Reid
Blues, rock and hip hop are more about a lifestyle and culture than notes on a page. – Jake Shimabukuro
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues. – Jonny Lang
I grew up listening to Barney Kessel and Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, guys with blues backgrounds. – John Abercrombie
So, maybe you don’t see blues so much in Styx’s music but it is definitely part of Tommy’s early music. – James Young
I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt. – Jonah Lomu
Then I started checking out blues albums from the library and playing the harp along with them. – John Goodman
I go to Spain a lot, in winter, for a blast of sunlight to banish the blues brought on by the Irish greys and drizzle. I love the cities of the Spanish interior. – Kevin Barry
I think I’m more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway. – Jonny Lang
When I was sixteen, I wrote the first hundred or so pages of a novel about a piano that was haunted by the ghost of an evil blues musician. – Jonathan Tropper
After ‘The Blues Brothers,’ I wanted to do a good musical number with real dancers and shoot it correctly. – John Landis
When I’d hear something that sounded like I could follow it – most of those big band jazz tunes are blues anyway – I would hum it and play with the fiddle while I was humming. – Johnny Gimble
I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that come on everyday with country, spirituals, and the blues. – Otis Rush
It was just like Howlin’ Wolf. Once you arrive at the point that you understand it, the emotional factor is darker than some of the saddest blues stuff. – Robert Quine
