Them pains, when blues pains grab you, you'll sing the blues right.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain and the struggle in the blues is that universal pain that comes from having your heart broken. Most blues songs are not about social statements.
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear.
To me, blues is more of a feel and a vibe, rather than sitting there and saying, 'Well, I'm gonna play bluesy now.'
Nobody can tell you how the blues feel unless they have the blues. We all take it differently.
There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.
The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
I would sing the blues if I had the blues.
When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
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.
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