Quotes About Music

We have to make a living and you can't do that playing bluegrass.

Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.

I always try to get back to the original source of the song. It's not always there in the sheet music, which is sometimes just a sketchy blueprint of what the song is about.

I really appreciate when someone can blow me away with live acoustic blues.

American blues can make you sad.

Blues and jazz are such a root to music.

I love harmonicas - old blues players like Sonny Boy Williamson.

You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

I mean, rock 'n' roll is based on the blues, whether people want to know that or not.

Blues purists may hate what I do sometimes because it's a little dirtier.

Blues is one of the most important art forms. It's an amazing music, and we don't want to lose it.

I just play blues for fun.

I love the blues, but I love a lot of music.

Coming up in Chicago, we heard a lot of blues.

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll.

I grew up on the precursors to rock and roll, rhythm and blues.

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

But my big thing was always the blues.

I think the blues will always be around. People need it.

I think it will always be around it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues.

If they played more blues, people would just get it - they try to hold it back but just about can't hold it back now because the blues is really going.

There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.

When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.

Well, I grew up on the blues, man!