Being raise in England, we were all raised on blues and country.
“Being raise in England, we were all raised on blues and country.”
— John Waite · Blues
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Being raise in England, we were all raised on blues and country.
“Being raise in England, we were all raised on blues and country.”
— John Waite · Blues
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“Being raise in England, we were all raised on blues and country.”
“On stage, it's like an argument going on between four people. The argument is the art.”
“The only thing about rock n' roll in my house is a couple of paintings of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan - and they were expensive, too.”
“I tend to scribble down notes, lyrics or just random thoughts on pieces of paper, backs of cigarette packs, sometimes on my shirt cuff.”
“You don't have to keep trying to sound like your last song. There's new things to do.”
“I think rock 'n' roll is very visual. All of the best bands, like The Stones, The Who and Small Faces, were very valid both musically and visually.”
“I've always had a love for music, and it developed as I learned jazz, blues, and gospel. And I performed with jazz singers in New Orleans.”
“I was into Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, the blues.”
“Music and the blues, they have taught me a lot. I think in this book, 'Book Of Hours,' there is this blues sensibility. There are moments of humor even in the sorrow, and I'm really interested in the way that the blues have that tragic-comic view of life - what Langston Hughes called 'laughing to keep from crying.'”
“I love the St. Louis Blues, it's the only team I openly root for.”
“I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's the blues. You hear a rock n' roll song. That's the blues. Somebody playing a guitar solo? They're playing the blues.”
“Look at the opening sequence of 'The Blues Brothers,' which starts at the prison. The way it was filmed, it does not look like a comedy. I thought that was great.”