I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first. – Van Morrison
Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues. – Willie Nelson
Hill Street Blues might have been the first television show that had a memory. One episode after another was part of a cumulative experience shared by the audience. – Steven Bochco
I’m a big, big blues fan and the last several years I’ve really invested in the blues a lot, and I think my playing is getting better because of it – not necessarily better on a technical level, but certainly on a level of appropriateness. – Vivian Campbell
Particularly with the blues, it’s not just about bad times. It’s about the healing spirit. – Taj Mahal
I’m sort of East Coast, so I like the off-white and the navy blues and the low-key preppy kind of thing. – Stephanie Courtney
It’s an often-asked question, ‘Why did all these spotty white English boys suddenly start playing blues in the ’60s?’ It was recognized as this kind of vibrant music and when I first started playing in a blues band I just wanted to bring it to a wider public who hadn’t really heard it. – Steve Winwood
The blues is played everywhere. There’s no place I’ve been where they don’t have blues or aren’t interested in blues. – Taj Mahal
