#blues

I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me. ↗

— Derek Bailey

#fine #free #i #i think #made

If I'm at a party and someone puts on a Blues Brothers tape, I tend to go nuts. ↗

— Todd Barry

#blues brothers #brothers #go #i #nuts

I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band. ↗

— Greg Ginn

#also #band #bands #best #black

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#got #nothing #rest #through #you

I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him. ↗

— Jay McShann

#blues #book #had #him #i

A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues. ↗

— Otis Rush

#give #guy #nothin #promise #will

The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing. ↗

— Jimmy Rushing

#feeling #give #happy #itself #make

If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record. ↗

— Jimmy Rushing

#going #i #jimmy #record #rushing

The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding. ↗

— Willie Dixon

#expressed #facts #feeling #inspiration #life

Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#darkest #ever #greatest #heard #music