"Mark Twain was at the font of the American vernacular style the blues and jazz gave Impetus to, and we can put Walt Whitman, Stephen Crane, Jack London, a few others there, too. Then read the fiction of Dasheill Hammett, Enest Hemingway, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Ishmael Reed, Chester Himes – "hear" the rhythms and snap of their language, the sounds of people meeting in the streets and taverns of modern cities –…

"Music is going to make us dance, music is going to make us think. Music is a language when other languages fail. Music is the language of the stars, the language of the universe."

Angelos Krallis: Jetztzeit Rock…

"To give musician a right to earn a live able wage just like an attorney doctor or janitor! music is important take it away and you take away self-expression! In a world of clones, it works not so with humans!"

Geronimo Black: Rock n' Roll On Fire!…

"The more we know about music and other cultural forms, the more we get to understand the beauty there is in diversity by learning another culture, whether its music, language or art....we learn to appreciate understand and respect all …"

Deepak Ram: The Beauty…

"The Blues, when taken seriously, can be a meaningful reminder of common values that most human beings share when they’re children. When you’re a kid, you do not think about the color or status of the kids you’re playing with. You’re just playing, sharing. Remembering those values is central in the construction of an egalitarian world."…

"Music brings people together, crosses all barriers, even if they are just tapping their toes to the beat. If they listen to to words and emotion of many of my songs, it goes much deeper. We all have a voice."

Laura Rain & The Caesars:…

"Poetry is the purest form of communication in my opinion. The more poetry that comes out of me, the better I think clearly and therefore even more poetry flows. It’s a perfect cycle of creation and music can make that whole process more colorful."

Aliah Rosenthal: No Hookups…

"It’s amazing how artists and bands back in those days could hit on emotions and write music that brought people together."

OTIS: Eyes Of Southern Blues

From the American South, Kentucky, comes a new…

"It definitely has had an impact, Elvis was one of the first white artists to work with colored musicians and it enabled him to develop his style outside of the normal constraints of the time. I wish it had more impact now, as we seem to be heading in the wrong direction at the moment in terms of tolerance and understanding."…

"The cliché is true: Blues is a feeling. Rhythmically and lyrically it hits you smack dab in the middle. It’s a form of music that can seem very simple and uniform, yet it’s deceptively complex with layers and layers of nuance."

Altered Five Blues Band:…

"I love the evolution of the blues. I love the old slow blues and I love the newer blues rock music and artists. I think this demonstrates its ability to evolve while still respecting the past roots of the music. I hope this evolution continues for hundreds of years."

Antry: The Blues Don't…

"I think its great that blues fans are far more open now to giving the blues the space it needs to evolve and to embrace and incorporate different influences as this enables it to progress and grow creatively."

Trevor Sewell: UK Calling Music City…

"This music has influenced people all over the world because you have the freedom of self-expression through improvisation. This allows the performer to delve deep into their souls to bring out their upmost feeling which enables them to touch someone. No words are needed. As the world change, so does the music."…

"As far as hopes and fears for the future, man that’s a loaded topic…whether in music or humanity in general. The drug epidemic is so out of control and the violence that comes with is a very scary thing...and it seems to be only getting worse."

Derek Hess: Beat, Rhythm &…

"More broad organic & pure music."

Andrew Chapman aka JoJo:

It's About (Real Good Music) Time!…

"I would change the format of blues radio to have more blues and soul and not so much rock. I would have less rock musicians who can't make it in rock thinking they are blues musicians now."

Johnny Rawls: Hot Soul-Blues Express…

"For me 'Blues' mean 'touch' the truth…I'll explain: all the people knows the sunrise and sunset, but until we 'see' with our eyes sunrise and sunset, we do not completely account. The blues for me is…yesterday, today…but in particular, tomorrow."

Gianluca Diana: Got My Mojo…

"I think the main thing I learned already a long time ago, when I was really into black music, big time, and especially the blues, was that people are the same everywhere. No matter what nationality, what color, what race you are, we all have the same feelings of love, frustration, sorrow, joy and so on. Blues is a form of universal communication between people."…

"The Blues is a Healer You doesn’t have felt blue to play the blues."

Chris Beard: The Prince of Blues…

"This not only proves that the Blues spread from the Mississippi Delta to grow into a vital world music, but that a musical formula can work for everyone. Every person who is free, or who wants to be, identifies with the Blues."…