“ It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music. Eric Clapton
“ The blues are important primarily because they contain the cultural expression and the cultural response to blacks in America and to the situation that they find themselves in. And contained in the bl… August Wilson
“ John will never forsake the weak and the helpless, nor fail to bring hope to the hopeless. That is what they believe, and so they do not worry. They go on and laugh and sing. Things are bound to come… Zora Neale Hurston
“ I value individuals and societies. I care about those who are not born yet. That is the reason for my joys and blues. Petek Kabakci
“ - Why is depression the blues and not the grays? - Because racer!-Jarod Kintz and Stefan D Stefan D
“ The guitar breathed. It inhaled and exhaled, and music filled the shop as the instrument picked the heartbreak of generations. Brenda Sutton Rose
“ I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society. Alexis Korner
“ For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall. Eric Clapton
“ At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say, or play. It was hard-core, more than anything I had ever heard. After a f… Eric Clapton
“ Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues. Lady Gaga
“ Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly. Brad Renfro
“ The blues is relevant today because when we look down through the corridors of time, the black American interpretation of tragicomic hope in the face of dehumanizing hate and oppression will be seen a… Cornel West
“ It was a time after 'Lady Sings the Blues' and 'Mahogany' and all those romantic movies: I became this romantic figure on the street in a very special way. Billy Dee Williams
