"The blues is a culture that wants to escape imposition and order. In my opinion, it is the culture most antiestablishment that there is because it doesn't offer a solution for everyone, but reminds us that the solution resides in each and everyone of us."

Pig Fat: Blues Evolution With Deep…

"The ethos of jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, hip hop and all kinds of musical genres have inspired literary content, and literary form as well. In the case of comics, I think there are so many ways in which the structure of comics can be compared to that of music."

Julian Peters: Rhymes, Strips &…

"Blues music has largely lost most of its traditional cultural roots that provided solace and inspiration and instilled tension and release, hope, joy and sadness in generation after generation. Their struggles and history are intertwined within the blues music."

Dusty Scott: The Blues of…

"I believe there are Irish, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Tibetan, Indo and Asian blues as much as there are Afro-American blues… It’s not about race or culture, it’s about truth and education."

Moondog AlleyTyn: The Blues Sounds…

"Blues roots music is a communications tool that helps unite people of all nationalities, religions, and races by telling the stories of early 20^th century African Americans."

Piedmont Bluz: Roots Blues Mission…

"Music connects people and is extremely powerful. It is very important to keep in mind that we all need love and inspiration and that we are all connected and music does this. My particular vehicle is blues and boogie."

Wendy DeWitt & Kirk…

"It's (Rock n' Roll) a voice of a certain demographic or range of individuals who have something to say to those that listen to those individuals."

Michael Tafoya: New Classic Rock Mission…

"Perhaps if more people played real instruments, the world would be a better place. If world leaders could sit down and jam, maybe they would finally 'listen' to each other, instead of fighting with one another."

Rick Skol: Loud & Heavy Rock n' Roll…

"Blues lyrics are a folkloric story in a form borrowed from European folk music. The African American treatment of this form became the blues and the inherent moan mirrored the anguish of modern times when technology threatened extinction rather than neighboring tribes or natural catastrophe."…

"The humility and natural growth of the blues...nothing manufactured but created out of necessity for some kind of escape. On a personal level, respect for others and acknowledgement of the conviction of anybody playing blues, regardless of their ability. We are all on the same road."

Andy Martin:…

"The Dead has a huge impact on the young people of the time, and part of the impact was socio-cultural. These people have gone on to be major players in the world and have even influenced governmental policy based on their experiences back in the 1960’s."

Mischa Ballard: Shakin' On The…

"Blues is a lifestyle. Blues means 'emotions'. Not only those sad. From my perspective we are born with blues. We cannot learn blues. You can learn only theory of the blues, its history."

Michał Kielak: Blues Emotions…

"Most popular music now days owes a lot to the blues. You can hear it in almost everything if you know what to listen for. And of course, blues owes everything to African music from which it was derived. Blues is the thread that sews all that music together."

Alan Moe Monsarrat: Roots Rock…

"The blues comes from the soul and core of our emotion and to be able to express that and have a roomful of people or more actually receive that and be affected is really meaningful to me."

Mississippi Bigfoot: Swampape Blues…

"As far as satire, I’m not sure, not much of what passes as satire, now or ever, is funny or clever to me or even works on any satiric level. I think hands down the best satire ever created were those first 26 issues of MAD edited and written by Harvey Kurtzman."

Drew Friedman: The Art of…

"Writing itself is a form of self-therapy, sometimes unearthing some deep issues from your subconscious ...as for the blues, that’s a strong emotion to work with, to express through music life's frustrations and pains."

Phil May: The Pretty Things of…

"All over the world I notice how much the same everyone is. Of course there are differences, but everyone speaks music. Everyone speaks guitar and drums. I can communicate in a country where I am unable to speak the language. I should say my guitar communicates."

Bob Log III: The Guitar Party...…

"Music itself sees no color and it sees no ethnicities – it can however be used as a bridge to create ideas, questions, and to get conversations started."

Joe Breckenridge: Sweet Soul Alabama…

"Counterculture is the various artistic endeavors that are ahead of their time, often unrecognized, marginalized and resisted especially when they have a political subtext."

Peter Kuper: Capturing Experiences…

"Every experience that the Black American has endured can be found in the Blues."

Hubby Jenkins: The Roots of Black Rose 

Hubby Jenkins is a talented multi-instrumentalist who endeavors to share his love and…