Quotes by Blues I'm not a blues singer, I'm a diva. Nina Simone diva blues singer From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing up, and that has influenced how I approached classical music. I'm sure of it. Kathleen Battle blues growing-up music spiritual I've always loved soul, R&B, doo-wop and blues, and I've wanted to make a record like that for years. Nathaniel Rateliff blues loved always soul I started singing on the radio in Los Angeles. I sang blues, but I would tend toward country blues. Georgia Holt blues singing radio country Well, I grew up on the blues, man! Gil Scott-Heron blues well up man I saw 'Mahogany' and 'Lady Sings the Blues' when I was little and thought, 'That's what I want to do.' Tamara Taylor blues lady thought want Skip James, for me, is the meaning of the blues. Blick Bassy meaning-of meaning blues me I was always drawn to the blues. Alberta Hunter at the Cookery was a life-changing experience. I only wanted to get enriched as a performer as I got older, to have an audience which got older, too, and would come to see me when I'm 80. Bonnie Raitt blues see me experience There's a very thin line between rock and funk. Funk is like a dirtier blues, and so is rock. They're close cousins. Boots Riley cousins rock blues like What's so powerful about the Psalms are, as well as they're being gospel and songs of praise, they are also the blues. Bono blues being powerful praise I don't wanta do any Blues or any sad songs. Bob Livingston sad-songs songs blues sad I'm obsessed with Norah Jones and Amy Winehouse, Etta James. I'm really into blues and R&B type of stuff, '90s hip-hop; that's my jam. Billie Lourd really hip-hop blues jam I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am. Benjamin Booker blues i-am now music Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit. Taj Mahal blues bad bad-times healing The blues is played everywhere. There's no place I've been where they don't have blues or aren't interested in blues. Taj Mahal blues been place where What cultural revolutionaries do not seem to grasp is that, far from being a grass-roots art form that has been taken over by businessmen, rock itself comes from the commercial exploitation of the blues. Ellen Willis rock blues being art I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music. Edgar Winter blues i-believe music believe White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there. Ma Rainey blues how know white I've gotta stick to my roots, and my roots are blues. Barbara Lynn gotta stick blues roots I go out with my band six months of the year and the rest of them with the Blues Brothers. Eddie Floyd blues rest year go «12345»
