"In a perfect world, the quality of the music would come first and the packaging and hype would take a back seat."

Randy McAllister: Texas Roadhouse

He's been flying in the face of convention his whole…

"The blues often points towards the contradictions in the American democratic landscape. Willie Dixon has been quoted to say, 'The blues is life'; if we believe this, blues becomes a mirror."

Walter "Wale" Liniger:  Blues Professor…

"I miss the raw energy of rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, and blues from the past, there seems to be less risks taken in live performance in these digital times."

Ross Rice: Seven Notes on Seven Chakras…

"Blues is therapeutic. It’s like when you have gone through some difficult things and you need a friend to talk to, the Blues will be that friend."

Clarence Turner: Blues-caster Blaster

An…

"My fear is that this will become a rarity and all music will be made by computers. If that happens I’ll fucking move to Mars."

DeWolff: Grand Southern Electric

DeWolff are a psychedelic rock band from…

"The same feeling and the same need of people, worldwide, for freedom of expression. Love, passion and the intensity in which they are expressed, are taboo feelings and in Blues - Rock music, there are no taboos."

ALTRIBE: Out Of The Blues…

"Music is a great teacher and healer. Music carries a deep message, it brings people together. It opens up channels in the brain that are beyond thinking. It creates a bond among people, crosses barriers of age, race, gender, language and border."

Tamara Klamner: The Lotus of…

"I fear that messaging, texting and people glued to their devices is creating a landscape of individuals who are no longer able to connect to one another outside of cyber space."

Nana Simopoulos: Inside The Sound…

"The days of blues are gone but there are those that must carry on. There are those that will keep carrying the torch no matter what. Never give up what you were born with and love despite the popular trends of the day."

Les Copeland: The Love & Purity of…

"Blues is a communion with our spirituality, sometimes it is religious, sometimes it is not; it is a heart's talk (confession) or a complain, which focuses on our pain or our own experiences."

Teleferik:The Bright Side Of The Moon…

"Part of the human condition and human nature is that some people are just going to go for power and domination over other people. We're just gorillas or just like apes that way, or chimpanzees, you know? There's always going to be the powerful alpha ones that have to dominate everyone else."…

"Blues music has impacted the world, but Blues has not impacted African women and men to keep study employment in the blues business. The best and the greatest musicians are not being recognize."

Carolyn Gaines: Keep The Blues Alive…

"If you can play some real Blues, then you can play Rock’n Roll, Hard Rock, Prog etc. Music and Feelings should be first, then being technical comes after. That’s what Blues is all about to me: Musicality."

Steph Honde: The Bluesy Side of Rock…

"The blues provides the most direct feelings of human despair, pleasure and happiness than any other genres."

The Knickerbocker All Stars:

Let The Good Times…

"Poetry in Music as I mean it, is a common and universal language which encompasses in sentiment all the peoples of the world: the fights, the joys, the defeats, the victories and the shared bursts for global Love."

Gianluigi Cavaliere: Soul of Culture …

"My hopes are that people finally detect that music is something which is worth to be honored and expressed in money and that music industry realizes that it cannot stick to a few old stars and completely let the rest die out."

Susanne Plahl: The Lightning…

"I would have housing built on the moon and send all the rich that have no souls, the evil corporations that poison the planet, and anyone that has hate in their heart on a one-way trip."

Frank Alan Bella: The Art Of The Mystery…

"Blues music being a true form of musical expression, it transcends all racial and social barriers and unites people regardless of their ethnic background or socio-economic status. That is why people from all over the world are embracing the Blues."

JJ Fields: Walkin' With The…

"We feel that music can bridge the gap between races. It’s a Universal language that we all understand and can relate to, especially blues and soul. There’s something about blues music that seems to bring us all together with a deeper understanding of the human condition."

Stolen…

"It doesn’t matter your race, religion, nationality or socio-economic position when it comes to good music. We are all part of humanity and music is that universal language."



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