Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.

B. B. King

Play School Higher Big

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People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

B. B. King

Over World Have Never

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I'm trying to get people to see that we are our brother's keeper. Red, white, black, brown or yellow, rich or poor, we all have the blues.

B. B. King

See Have People Our

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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.

B. B. King

Want Down Dress Good

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Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

Willie Nelson

Blues Bob Far Grew

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The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink.

Henry Rollins

Money Love Enough Losing

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I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

Denis Waitley

Had Blues Shoes Until

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I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

Cyndi Lauper

Blues Dance Jazz Learned

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The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army.

Elvis Presley

Again Army Blues First

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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

Anything Background Blues Change

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My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

Kid Rock

American Blues Driven Rap

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It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues.

Neil Young

Album Blue Blues Now

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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.

Jack Nicholson

Big Blues Delta Easy

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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

Any Blues Form Guitar

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

Keith Richards

BBC Been Blues Deliverance

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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

Alone Another Blues Digital

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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

Approach Blues Country Country

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I think so far, the deepest song I have sung is reggae blues. The truth is that reggae blues was meant to be the kind of song that would make you just sit down and think about your life. But we turned it into a song that would make you dance, and forget about your sorrows.

Harrysong

Deepest song Reggae blues Truth Sit down

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'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.

Luke Bryan

Blues Country Kind Lyrical

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I just don't see the point in sitting around hollering the blues over things you have no control over. It's all in God's hands.

James McBride

Around Blues Control God

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I love the language of, you know, the old black country man with a blues guitar and... boots and the quick banter.

James McBride

Black Blues Boots Country

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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Janis Joplin

Audiences Blues Like Miserable

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I don't think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to feel it. Anything I do sing is part of my life.

Billie Holiday

Think Ever sing Same way Blues

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You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a speciﬁc moment is what drives it.

Jimmy Page

Music Mood Intensity Moment

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Don't waste your time away thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues.

Jon Bon Jovi

Waste Time Thinking Yesterday

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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.

B. B. King

People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.

B. B. King

I'm trying to get people to see that we are our brother's keeper. Red, white, black, brown or yellow, rich or poor, we all have the blues.

B. B. King

If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.

B. B. King

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

Willie Nelson

The blues is losing someone you love and not having enough money to immerse yourself in drink.

Henry Rollins

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

Denis Waitley

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

Cyndi Lauper

The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army.

Elvis Presley

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

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

Kid Rock

It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues.

Neil Young

Jack Nicholson

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

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

Keith Richards

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

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

I think so far, the deepest song I have sung is reggae blues. The truth is that reggae blues was meant to be the kind of song that would make you just sit down and think about your life. But we turned it into a song that would make you dance, and forget about your sorrows.

Harrysong

'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.

Luke Bryan

I just don't see the point in sitting around hollering the blues over things you have no control over. It's all in God's hands.

James McBride

I love the language of, you know, the old black country man with a blues guitar and... boots and the quick banter.

James McBride

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Janis Joplin

I don't think I ever sing the same way twice. The blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to feel it. Anything I do sing is part of my life.

Billie Holiday

You can't overthink the music. Mood and intensity can't be manufactured. The blues isn't about structure; it's what you bring to it. The spontaneity of capturing a speciﬁc moment is what drives it.

Jimmy Page

Don't waste your time away thinkin' 'bout yesterday's blues.

Jon Bon Jovi

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