Blues Quotes

The Great Migration changed American history not just for the migrants but for all of us. It made possible American cultural milestones like the Harlem Renaissance, Chicago blues, and Motown, just to name a few. William Barr
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Rock 'n' roll guitar came from blues guitar. It was the blues guys who first turned the amp up and started whacking on the Stratocaster and a Les Paul. It wasn't the country guys and it wasn't the white guys; it was the Blues guys. That's where the real fire is in all of this rock and roll music. Steve Miller
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Is there one blues guy who was the most sophisticated and influential, like Duke Ellington or Louis Armstrong in jazz? Was it Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Robert Johnson, or all of them? I think you have to pick all of them. Steve Miller
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Blues is one of the most important art forms. It's an amazing music, and we don't want to lose it. Steve Miller
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For guitar players especially, blues is the foundation of rock and roll. You take country music and rock and roll and jazz and you mix it together, and that's my basic makeup. Steve Miller
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In the sixties when Paul was with the Beatles and I was with the Moody Blues, we shared the same bill and tried to blow each other off the stage. Denny Laine
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You don't have to play the blues to play rock 'n' roll, but that's where, somewhere along the line, your influences came from. I mean, I don't care where you got it from. If you got it from Eric Clapton, he got it from the blues. Dusty Hill
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You know, I really feel a responsibility to the music, and I teach workshops in music sometimes. And folks do come to me and they go, 'How do I make this blues song my own? How do I feel like I'm not an impostor doing this?' And I'm like, 'That's an excellent question.' That's where you should start, where you go, 'How does this speak to me?' Rhiannon Giddens
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My form of rebellion was starting to play guitar. I was 13. The first song I played was 'Lovesick Blues' by Hank Williams. Phoebe Bridgers
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My dad was my first influence. He played classical guitar and my uncle Ron played the blues. Jason Becker
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Blues has always been a huge part of my life. Steve Miller
Life My Life Part Always Been Huge Huge Part Blues
I was exposed to jazz and blues and gospel and country music and rock, and I was the only kid I knew who knew about that stuff. Steve Miller
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I used to go round to my granddad's house on a Saturday morning, and we'd sit and eat our porridge and watch re-runs of 'Steptoe and Son' on BBC Two. I thought it was hilarious - and Rag 'N' Bone Man sounded like a blues name to me. It reminded me of people like Sonny Boy Williamson and Big Mama Thornton. Rag'n'Bone Man
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I began writing with Mike Pinder and eventually we went on to form a new band called The M&B, which later became The Moody Blues, what I would call a progressive blues band. Denny Laine
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Having pop sensibilities from my past and also being a lead blues and sort of rock guitarist allowed me to bring that kind of beachy rock groove. Cody Simpson
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It's so satisfying as a guitar player to play stuff that's related to the blues. Paul Gilbert
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I knew Paul when he was in the Beatles. We did the second Beatles British tour with the Moody Blues. And we became friends. I went to a couple of the sessions for the 'Sgt. Pepper' album, we went to parties together, we went to see Jimi Hendrix together. Denny Laine
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Should the Moody Blues be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? That's absurd. Of course they should be. Steve Miller
Moody Absurd Course Hall Rock Rock And Roll Fame Roll Blues Should
The Moody Blues was very big in France, because they liked that we were basically playing blues. Denny Laine
Moody Big France Liked Because Were Very Blues Playing Basically
I was part of that whole early Moody Blues transitioning from a sort of R&B-blues band to being more progressive. Denny Laine
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I was doing something of my own after I left The Moody Blues, I went away, lived in Spain for a while. Denny Laine
Moody Own Something My Own Doing Left Blues After Spain While Lived Away
Basically we're a blues oriented rock 'n' roll band… easy to listen to. Dusty Hill
Band Easy Rock Rock-N-Roll Roll Listen Blues Oriented Basically
Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by. Jeff Bridges
You Joy Try I Was Raised Way Bent Folks Know Sure Get Just Being Blues Technique Apply Raised
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