“Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.”
Dan Castellaneta
“This could be the best blues festival of the year!!!”
Art Tipaldi
“There's no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, I'm playing up-to-date, not the blues I was born with. People should hear the pure blues-the blues we used to have when we had no money.”
Muddy Waters
“I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie [Ray Vaughan] missed on both counts, but I never noticed.”
B. B. King
“The last few years have been my happiest. I'm happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I don't feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit.”
William Proxmire
“I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.”
Carlos Santana
“He's a blue-collar guy who works hard, plays hard. And he's an exciting guy to watch with his speed and the style he plays.”
Derrek Lee
