Rhythm And Blues Quotes - Page 2

• I'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.

  Bill Nighy

  Crazy, Soul, Brown

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Having a diverse sense of taste - or lack of taste - I loved so many different things. I was drawn to the stupidity and excitement of glam, I had a thorough upbringing in rhythm and blues.

  Paul Westerberg

  Stupidity, Different, Taste

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything

  Bonnie Raitt

  Music, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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• It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, The Daily News.

  Billy Joel

  New York, Giving, Needs

  Song: New York State Of Mind, Album: Turnstiles, 1976

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• I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and having that rhythm and blues - the blues background was my big inspiration.

  Jackie DeShannon

  Growing Up, Inspiration, Thinking

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• I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard.

  Little Richard

  People, Heaven, Pennies

  "Yesterdays". Book by Charles Hamm, 1979.

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• The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music.

  Bill Medley

  Brother, Black, Medley

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• My brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it.

  James Taylor

  Brother, Strong, Alex

  "James Taylor's Back With New Music On 'Before This World'". "Here & Now" with Robin Young., www.wbur.org. June 16, 2015.

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• I know whites buy more records than blacks. So, I wanted to be able to make the most money that I could. Pop is for both whites and blacks, but if I just stuck to rhythm and blues, it's mostly for blacks. I didn't want to do that. So like I said, I wanted to get the most out of it that I could, so I thought that pop was the way to go.

  L.C. Cooke

  Records, Want, Able

  Source: www.soultracks.com

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• My voice is my gift. And Pops had me using it in the right way. I had many offers to sing pop, to sing rhythm and blues. Pops said "Mavis, this record company want to give you a million dollars." I said, "No daddy, I want to sing with the family." And I did. I never wanted to branch out by myself. But I've had to now. It's my mission. I've been left here to do it. And I'm grateful.

  Mavis Staples

  Grateful, Voice, Daddy

  "Mavis Staples Interview: Staple Singers, Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King, Jr., and that one time in Memphis". Interview with Ed Masley, www.azcentral.com. March 1, 2017.

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