Famous Quotes & Sayings

You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling. The blues is nothing but a story... The verses which are sung in the blues is a true story, what people are doing... what they all went through. It's not just a song, see?

Hugh Laurie

When I was a small boy, 10, 11, 12, probably somewhere around there, when I first heard a blues song on the radio, it was a jolt of electricity. It grabbed me by the throat, it made me shiver. And I knew from that moment that this was for me and this would be with me for the rest of my life.

I don't wanta do any Blues or any sad songs.

Alison Moyet

My style of singing has always been referred to 'soul' singing when it fact it's more influenced by English R&B Blues Shouting. I'm closer to Led Zeppelin as a vocalist than to Ella Fitzgerald. It was torture dealing with major labels.

Al Jourgensen

I'm done with industrial. Seriously, my iPod collection at home has no industrial music on it; it's strictly jazz, blues and country.

We always wanted House of Blues to do a venue here. But, it wasn't until they saw all the momentum at Victory that they were ready to make a commitment.

This time, we kind of took the inspiration from the old Wolfman Jack border radio and how he influenced a whole generation of musicians with everything from blues to all kinds of hillbilly music and gospel music. It reached all the way to California, and I've heard people tell me they got it in Chicago.

Larry Groce

There is no question that he is one of the most dynamic performers we've had. We will give him as much time as we can and really let him stretch out. At this point it is Buddy Guy and B.B. King who are the greatest blues men alive.

Larry Groce

We noticed that she had routing through the area, and we were just going to build a show with her, but with Buddy it is unbelievable. If you like the blues it is tough to beat... She has a lot of energy and she's got this thing that's real intense but it is also kind of happy. She may be singing about being wronged, but she is winning the battle, she is overcoming.

John Brady

I think there are a lot of wannabes...but I don't think there's another Lee Atwater, ... but no one can play blues guitar with B.B. King that I know of and also run a presidential campaign...

Dan Aykroyd

I said, 'You're from Chicago, home of the blues. Here's a nice blues record from a local band,'

My work with Terry Riley sparked all kinds of musical ideas, ... I wanted some vehicle that could encompass all the Indian elements as well as some of the jazz stuff. I also liked that earthy energy of the blues I was playing, and I wanted to see if there was a way to bring everything together.

David Johansen

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.

The allure of the kind of blues that this town is known for is still here. If the crowd at one of these venues claps for me, that will be more satisfying than a venue in a large city.

Brian Setzer

Rockabilly is really part of our background, ... It's a cousin to the blues and country. And it's that important.

All of these components coming together will provide the mentors and the teachers for the next generation of New Orleans jazz and blues musicians.

All the musicians get together -- the top blues guys from the old guard and the new.

Lykke Li

The music that I listen to is very minimalistic. I listen to a lot of old blues that is just guitar and vocals.

Robert Cray

Curtis wore prescription Ray-Ban sunglasses, and he had a little growth of hair under his bottom lip. Right then, Belushi got the idea to start the Blues Brothers, basing his character on Curtis.

It's a rubric of fast hardcore and random old blues stuff, like Lemon Jefferson and all these old blues guys. Also old power trios like Mountain and Cream.

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.

Lamar Alexander

He took gospel music and he took country music and he took blues music which already existed and created rock 'n' roll.

Blues is the roots, and everything else is the fruits. Just like you can't make soup without water, you can't make music without some element of the blues.

Eric Carmen

A couple of years earlier, I toured with Ringo Starr and played the House of Blues in Chicago. I remembered being struck by how (well-run) it was.

Al MacInnis

It was the names of these four men that reminded me why playing for the Blues is as good as it gets in the National Hockey League.

Bill Wyman

The Stones introduced all these young people to the blues music, and I'm doing the same thing.

The WRKR Budweiser Blues Series has been keeping Southwest Michigan entertained for 11 years now. The series this year is proud to have five nominees for the 2006 Blues Music Awards, formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards.

Shirley Manson

We just wanted to make a record that sounded cool. So we stole from hip-hop, we stole from techno and blues and mashed them all up.

Stephen Stills

There's some Stills solo blues stuff, some Nash songs, and some material that's obviously all of us, so we're going to keep on going at it like this.

Their idols were not pop stars but blues singers. Those idols were old already. So why would they not be old and perform?

James Peterson

I'm looking forward to it because I haven't played in town too much this year, ... We've always had great blues fans here that have come out to support us.

Dan Aykroyd

This is just the beginning, ... Obviously we're going to have the House of Blues Foundation involved in subsidizing the employees' down there livelihood.

For her to call us and cry the blues to us, you know, about how she's feeling and stuff.