#blues

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues. ↗

— Ruth Brown

#background #because #blues #dealing #decided

We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues. ↗

— Ruth Brown

#blues #forever #lives #place #prove

I'm a big, big blues fan and the last several years I've really invested in the blues a lot, and I think my playing is getting better because of it - not necessarily better on a technical level, but certainly on a level of appropriateness. ↗

— Vivian Campbell

#better #big #blues #certainly #fan

The musicians that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all about music playin' for me. ↗

— Alberta Hunter

#best #blues #could #i #know

Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#blues #deep #help #pit #singing

After 'The Blues Brothers,' I wanted to do a good musical number with real dancers and shoot it correctly. ↗

— John Landis

#blues #blues brothers #brothers #correctly #dancers

My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues. ↗

— Jay McShann

#christian #family #get #had #i

I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues. ↗

— Jimmy Page

#cultures #different #different cultures #had #i

I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well. ↗

— Haley Reinhart

#classic #classic rock #i #i love #love

There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing. ↗

— Ethel Waters

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