| “ | Blues is really America's finest art form and most dominant art form of the 20th century. | ” |
| — Georgie Fame | ||
| “ | Blues is a natural fact, something that a fellow lives. If you don't live it, you don't have it. | ” |
| — Big Bill Broonzy | ||
| “ | The blues is a low-down achin' heart disease Like consumption killing me by degrees. |
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| — Robert Johnson, "Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)" | ||
| “ | When you lay down at night, turning from one side of the bed to the other and can't sleep, what's the matter? Blues got you. | ” |
| — Lead Belly | ||
| “ | The blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll. | ” |
| — Muddy Waters | ||