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I listened to classical guitar and Spanish guitar, as well as jazz guitar players, rock and roll and blues. All of it. I did the same thing with my voice.

~Boz Scaggs

Topics: Blues Classical Did Guitar Guitar Players Jazz Listened Players Rock Rock And Roll Roll Same Same Thing Spanish Thing Voice Well

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If you are feeling some December blues, or even depression, don't fight it. Instead, do something for yourself. Be reflective. Let the emotions exist. And be encouraged that, like me, you can get to a better place, but it can take time.

~Brad Feld

Topics: Better Better Place Blues December Depression Emotions Encouraged Even Exist Feeling Fight Get Instead Like Me Place Reflective Some Something Take Time You Yourself

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I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock.

~Brad Paisley

Topics: Alternative Big Big Fan Blues Classical Classical Music Collection Fan Few Few Things Like Might Music People Rock Sure Surprise Things Cd

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I tended to lean towards the guys who both sang and played, such as Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner... And at the other end of the spectrum, I had Eric Clapton in a rock and blues sense, jazz guys such as Tal Farlow and Les Paul... Then Chet Atkins-type stuff.

~Brad Paisley

Topics: Blues Both Clapton End Eric Guys Had Jazz Lean Les Other Paul Played Ricky Rock Sang Sense Spectrum Steve Stuff Then Towards Who

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Everybody thinks I'm, like, a bad boy. I've had my day, but I just sit at home and play the blues mostly.

~Brad Renfro

Topics: Bad Bad Boy Blues Boy Day Everybody Had Home Just Like Mostly Play Sit Thinks

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I'm an old soul. The blues, especially older blues, is the human element that kind of gives the music soul, and I think that maybe not enough people connect to the blues. It's a very powerful place to be; and if you can express that to an audience, I think that you can express a lot through that.

~Bria Skonberg

Topics: Audience Blues Connect Element Enough Enough People Express Gives Human Kind Lot Maybe Music Old Older People Place Powerful Soul Think Through Very You I Think

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Gospel music is never pessimistic, it's never 'oh my god, its all going down the tubes', like the blues often is.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Blues Down God Going Gospel Gospel Music Like Music Never Often Oh Oh My God Pessimistic Tubes

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People out there maybe know who Junior Parker is and some of those Sun Records blues guys.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Blues Guys Junior Know Maybe Out Parker People Records Some Sun Those Who

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With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if you do rockabilly or blues.

~Brian Setzer

Topics: Blues Cats Classics Else First Least Modern Music Our Own Point Real Really Rockabilly Somewhere Somewhere Else Songs Stray Took Weak Wrote You

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'Basmati Blues' deals with a great social issue, GMOs, but it's told through love and song and dance.

~Brie Larson

Topics: Blues Dance Deals Great Issue Love Social Song Through

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