#blues

After I exhausted the blues thing, I got into jazz. ↗

— Robert Quine

#blues #exhausted #got #i #into

I'm certain that it was an incredible gift for me to not only be friends with some of the greatest blues people who've ever lived, but to learn how they played, how they sang, how they lived their lives, ran their marriages, and talked to their kids. ↗

— Bonnie Raitt

#certain #ever #friends #gift #greatest

But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my living at white clubs and having my fun at the other places. ↗

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

#black #blues #clubs #fun #got

My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz, classical, and Latin. With all this in my pocket, I feel I have a taste of everything for my influences. ↗

— Haley Reinhart

#blues #brought #classical #dad #different

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

#bad boy #blues #boy #day #everybody

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. ↗

— Keith Richards

#blues #form #guitar #know #music

Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, let alone digital. ↗

— Keith Richards

#another #blues #digital #done #even

You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music. ↗

— Keith Richards

#been #blues #deliverance #esoteric #generous

I got to see all these incredible blues players, like Jimmy Reed. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

#got #i #incredible #jimmy #like

I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop. ↗

— Kid Rock

#background #blues #change #go #hip-hop