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The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.

It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.

Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll.

Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.

Pop music has progressed.

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.

The blues echoes right through into soul, R&B and hip hop. It's part of the make-up of modern music. You can't turn your back on the blues.

I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff.