387 Blues Quotes for You to Enjoy

I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say. Justin Timberlake

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Music and the blues, they have taught me a lot. I think in this book, 'Book Of Hours,' there is this blues sensibility. There are moments of humor even in the sorrow, and I'm really interested in the way that the blues have that tragic-comic view of life - what Langston Hughes called 'laughing to keep from crying.' Kevin Young

I listen to top 40, old country, blues... I'm really into Roger Miller. King Tuff

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I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.' Kirk Hammett

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I used to listen to the radio, and when I was about 18 years old, B.B. King was a disc jockey and he had a radio program, 15 minutes a day, over in West Memphis, Arkansas, and he would play the blues. Koko Taylor

We played one warm-up gig at this bar that was kinda like that bar in 'The Blues Brothers' with the chicken wire. This place called The Brick House, in Housatonic. I really can't believe we're going to play for people in New York City. I'm terrified, but it's a small enough room. But it's really just supposed to be for the fun of it. Lauren Ambrose

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I know that Filipinos will enjoy 'Gangnam Blues' because it has a universal message that will resonate with everyone. Lee Min-ho

Resonate Will Enjoy Everyone Know Message Because Blues Universal

All the great shows owe a lot to 'Hill Street Blues.' Lennie James

Great Hill Lot Owe Blues Shows Street

I remember taking a space walk on the ISS. There I was, wrench in hand, tightening bolts on a new module. It was such a mundane task. But when I looked in one direction, there was Earth floating in vivid blues and greens. In the other direction, I could see the blackest black conceivable, punctured by unwavering pinpoints of starshine. Leroy Chiao

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I grew up in the South with my father; blues and country, that's always been my core. But I had it in me not to do what was expected. I wanted to find my own footing. Lisa Marie Presley

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I've gone the full spectrum - from gospel to blues to jazz to soul to pop - and the public has accepted what I've done through it all. I think it means I've been doing something right at the right time. Lou Rawls

I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to records when I was a teenager, the folk boom was going on. Loudon Wainwright III

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The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice. Lucinda Williams

'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song. Luke Bryan

Song Country Lyrical Kind Masterpiece Blues

Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues. Luther Allison

People Before Doors Opened Lot Left Blues Play

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

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

White Out Folks Come Know Got How Hear Blues

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on. Mahalia Jackson

You Rest Nothing Through Got Blues

The blues singers were talking about everyday life, and they pushed a button. Malcolm Young

Life Everyday Life Everyday About Pushed Singers Talking Were Blues Button

I remember, after my first postpartum depression, I didn't know what had happened to me. I was stuck in this gray depression where I just wanted to retreat and pull the covers over my head and weep. My mother and I, we went to a psychiatrist, and he just patted me on the head and told me I had baby blues, which was not helpful, obviously. Margaret Trudeau

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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

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