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Blues Quotes

Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He’s very underrated Picture Quote #1

What music I listen to day to day changes very, very much. I can go from bluegrass to heavy metal, to blues, to classical and big band and then go to pop and rap Picture Quote #1

I love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk Picture Quote #1

The Band is probably the ultimate example of people taking all kinds of music, from gospel to blues to mountain music to folk music to on and on and on and on and putting them all in this big pot and mixing up a new gumbo Picture Quote #1

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning Picture Quote #1

Confused by the big city blues, he didn’t know who’s life he’s leading. Put yourself behind the wheel, see if you can get that feel Picture Quote #1

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If you look at the other singers of Billie Holiday’s time, they were really trying to entertain. They were trying to make people feel good. They were singing fast - and she was singing the blues Picture Quote #1

My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and jazz of Billie Holiday. Other influences for me include Bjork, Nick Drake, and Sufjan Stevens Picture Quote #1

The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You’ll never see a clarinet playing Black Sabbath. But you will see a guitar in a clarinet band playing rhythm. It is the most popular instrument in the world; it is the one everybody loves Picture Quote #1

I like to be very girly, with bows and ruffles on the red carpet. I love pastel colours, especially blue. Me and my sister both because of our eyes look good in blues Picture Quote #1

Good things are associated with blue, like clear days, more than singing the blues. Just the word ‘blue’ in the singular is full of optimism and positive connotation to most people Picture Quote #1

I had to shoot shotguns for The Blues Brothers. But I don’t like that stuff. Too butch for me Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

You’ve heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that’s because there’s been so many can do it better’n I can, play the blues better’n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of women in blues music, lots of strong women and that sort of stuff. It’s not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about blues. There were a lot of powerful blues guitar players in the olden times that were women. It’s just that when you think about blues, you have this one image in your mind Picture Quote #1

The music that I listen to is very minimalistic. I listen to a lot of old blues that is just guitar and vocals Picture Quote #1

If you don’t know the blues... there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music Picture Quote #1

My mum’s family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me Picture Quote #1

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Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I’m always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players. male and female Picture Quote #1

The only time it dominates is during a solo, or when we play a low blues and I put figures in behind Eric’s vocals. There’s never any real problem fitting guitar and organ together Picture Quote #1

As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It’s not a style that’s difficult to pick up. It’s purely emotive and dead easy to get a start with Picture Quote #1

My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I’ve tried to make an album of Robert Johnson covers that, well, while not totally faithful for blues purists, is faithful for people like me that grew up with the 60s and the electric blues-rock versions of Johnson’s songs Picture Quote #1

When The Who first started, we were playing blues, and I dug the blues and I knew what I was supposed to be playing, but I couldn’t play it. I couldn’t get it out. I knew what I had to play; it was in my head. I could hear the notes in my head, but I couldn’t get them out on the guitar Picture Quote #1

My guitar is my torch, my soul carries the flame. Make no mistake, I’m a true blues man Picture Quote #1

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I bad a piano long before I bad a guitar, and the practice I got just playing those three chords in a basic 12-bar blues song was very important Picture Quote #1

If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I’d never heard anything like that before: single-string blues played on an electric guitar Picture Quote #1

Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you’ve ever heard Picture Quote #1

The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they’re disappearing Picture Quote #1

Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance Picture Quote #1

In blues music, there’s a lot of borrowing, so it’s often difficult to identify the originator of a song Picture Quote #1

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Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He’s very underrated. (Blues Quotes) What music I listen to day to day changes very, very much. I can go from bluegrass to heavy metal, to blues, to classical and big band and then go to pop and rap. (Blues Quotes) I love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk (Blues Quotes) The Band is probably the ultimate example of people taking all kinds of music, from gospel to blues to mountain music to folk music to on and on and on and on and putting them all in this big pot and mixing up a new gumbo. (Blues Quotes) Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning. (Blues Quotes) Confused by the big city blues, he didn’t know who’s life he’s leading. Put yourself behind the wheel, see if you can get that feel. (Blues Quotes) If you look at the other singers of Billie Holiday’s time, they were really trying to entertain. They were trying to make people feel good. They were singing fast - and she was singing the blues. (Blues Quotes) My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and jazz of Billie Holiday. Other influences for me include Bjork, Nick Drake, and Sufjan Stevens. (Blues Quotes) The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You’ll never see a clarinet playing Black Sabbath. But you will see a guitar in a clarinet band playing rhythm. It is the most popular instrument in the world; it is the one everybody loves. (Blues Quotes) I like to be very girly, with bows and ruffles on the red carpet. I love pastel colours, especially blue. Me and my sister both because of our eyes look good in blues. (Blues Quotes) Good things are associated with blue, like clear days, more than singing the blues. Just the word ‘blue’ in the singular is full of optimism and positive connotation to most people. (Blues Quotes) I had to shoot shotguns for The Blues Brothers. But I don’t like that stuff. Too butch for me. (Blues Quotes) 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. (Blues Quotes) You’ve heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that’s because there’s been so many can do it better’n I can, play the blues better’n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things. (Blues Quotes) There’s a lot of women in blues music, lots of strong women and that sort of stuff. It’s not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about blues. There were a lot of powerful blues guitar players in the olden times that were women. It’s just that when you think about blues, you have this one image in your mind. (Blues Quotes) The music that I listen to is very minimalistic. I listen to a lot of old blues that is just guitar and vocals. (Blues Quotes) If you don’t know the blues... there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music. (Blues Quotes) My mum’s family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me. (Blues Quotes) Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I’m always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players. male and female. (Blues Quotes) The only time it dominates is during a solo, or when we play a low blues and I put figures in behind Eric’s vocals. There’s never any real problem fitting guitar and organ together. (Blues Quotes) As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It’s not a style that’s difficult to pick up. It’s purely emotive and dead easy to get a start with. (Blues Quotes) My guitar heroes are Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and people like that - so I’ve tried to make an album of Robert Johnson covers that, well, while not totally faithful for blues purists, is faithful for people like me that grew up with the 60s and the electric blues-rock versions of Johnson’s songs. (Blues Quotes) When The Who first started, we were playing blues, and I dug the blues and I knew what I was supposed to be playing, but I couldn’t play it. I couldn’t get it out. I knew what I had to play; it was in my head. I could hear the notes in my head, but I couldn’t get them out on the guitar. (Blues Quotes) My guitar is my torch, my soul carries the flame. Make no mistake, I’m a true blues man. (Blues Quotes) I bad a piano long before I bad a guitar, and the practice I got just playing those three chords in a basic 12-bar blues song was very important. (Blues Quotes) If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I’d never heard anything like that before: single-string blues played on an electric guitar. (Blues Quotes) Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you’ve ever heard (Blues Quotes) The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they’re disappearing (Blues Quotes) Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. (Blues Quotes) In blues music, there’s a lot of borrowing, so it’s often difficult to identify the originator of a song. (Blues Quotes)

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