#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

'Blues Clues' has been incredibly good to me, and I've been working so hard on it for so long that I take it very personally. I wouldn't want to do anything to jeopardize what so many kids love. So there's a lot of responsibility there. ↗

— Steve Burns

#been #blues #clues #good #hard

What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man. ↗

— Ray Charles

#blues #country #country music #different #different things

I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway. ↗

— Jonny Lang

#biggest #blues #curtis #general #hathaway

I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music. ↗

— Aaron Neville

#because #blues #cooke #gospel #i

I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living. ↗

— Bonnie Raitt

#blues #girl #guitarist #how #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

Them pains, when blues pains grab you, you'll sing the blues right. ↗

— Otis Rush

#grab #pains #right #sing #them

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

— Ethel Waters

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