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If my life was dense from all my blues I'd raise my frequency just by wanting you. – Heather Lydia Thornhill	added by heatherthornhill 1 year ago
Most women will experience some sort of postpartum blues. – Julie Lamppa	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Perhaps no music has had as profound and powerful an impact in shaping America's musical score as Black music, for generations, Black music has conveyed the hopes and struggles of a resilient people -- spirituals mourning the original sin of slavery and later heralding freedom from bondage, hard truths told through jazz and the sounds of Motown during the civil rights movement, and hip-hop and rhythm and blues that remind us of the work that still lies ahead. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Where you were raised has such a big influence on who you become and for me it's no different... especially from a music standpoint, my little hometown of Macon was heavily instrumental in my musical background. Growing up in an environment that was a crossroads between Country music, Southern rock, blues and RB, it was just natural to blend different sounds in my own way. – Jason Aldean	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When I got a peek inside of Veritas, around every corner, it just whacked me in the head : It reminded me of the early days of Oskar Blues. – Dale Katechis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
UK retail destinations suffered post Bank Holiday blues last week, with footfall dropping back by around half of the uplift recorded in the week before, when the school half-term holiday coincided with the Spring bank holiday and amazing weather. – Diane Wehrle	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah. – Townes Van Zandt	added by RobertHaigh 2 years ago
One of the biggest triumphs of African-American music is the banjo, the banjo took over the world. That means we helped create America's music. Not blues. Not jazz. America's music, period. – Rhiannon Giddens	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Getting outside and exercising is a good way of keeping your mood up -- and if you want to beat the blues exercising in nature is a great way to do that. – Sarita Robinson	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It was funny because when Katy Perry first came out I was like,' Oh, it's me ! It's a mini-me. And then, fortunately, Katy Perry got those Katy Perry blues, which was perfect. – Orlando Bloom	Found on CNN 3 years ago
My template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues it so often is. – Mick Fleetwood	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled thing. – Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it. – Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice. – Lucinda Williams	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
They are not quite as important, as iconic, 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' is certainly a major, major song but not in the same league as 'The Times They Are A-Changin'. – Gary Zimet	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Chipotle has this fierce, fierce sense of independence to them, you're going to hear some some fantastic Ethiopian funk up against a blues tune, up against a Reggae joint. It's really a great mixture. – Danny Turner	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Coffee with a friend a day keeps the blues away – Michel Eyquem de Montaigne	added by anonymous 4 years ago
I'd like to give the blue lobster to the St. Louis aquarium out of respect to the St. Louis Blues, who won the championship, to show that Bruins fans have class. – Nathan Nickerson III almost	Found on CNN 4 years ago
At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured than the day; having hues of the most intense violets, blues and greens. If only you pay attention to it you will see that certain stars are lemon-yellow, others pink or a green, blue and forget-me-not brilliance. And without my expatiating on this theme it is obvious that putting little white dots on the blue-black is not enough to paint a starry sky.” – Vincent Van Gogh	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
The new book is a pictorial book, which stays very much focused on the beginnings of Fleetwood Mac -- 1967 thought the next eight years -- and it's very much regarding what drove us as young musicians, which was blues, it's really a journey that chronicles all of those early years that are mostly unknown in America. – Mick Fleetwood	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The last decade of my Marine service is gone, my uniforms, my dress blues, photos of friends that are not with us anymore, it’s all gone. – Kurt Harris '	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Say you come home with eight shades of blue, lay all the swatches out and compare them to each other. You will start to see the subtle differences between each color. Some of the blues lean toward green or aqua. Some are a denim shade. Some have a funky undertone that you just don’t like at all. – Your Happy Memories Porter	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The Blues changes the game a little bit, we knew they were going to take more risks. We didn't have to score anymore, so we tried to play a more defensive game. – Kari Lehtonen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
That contributes to this incredible variety of colors you are seeing in these pictures, there are some very deep blues versus very deep yellows. – Photographer Vincent Laforet	Found on CNN 8 years ago

If my life was dense from all my blues I'd raise my frequency just by wanting you.

– Heather Lydia Thornhill

added by heatherthornhill
1 year ago

Most women will experience some sort of postpartum blues.

– Julie Lamppa

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Perhaps no music has had as profound and powerful an impact in shaping America's musical score as Black music, for generations, Black music has conveyed the hopes and struggles of a resilient people -- spirituals mourning the original sin of slavery and later heralding freedom from bondage, hard truths told through jazz and the sounds of Motown during the civil rights movement, and hip-hop and rhythm and blues that remind us of the work that still lies ahead.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Where you were raised has such a big influence on who you become and for me it's no different... especially from a music standpoint, my little hometown of Macon was heavily instrumental in my musical background. Growing up in an environment that was a crossroads between Country music, Southern rock, blues and RB, it was just natural to blend different sounds in my own way.

– Jason Aldean

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When I got a peek inside of Veritas, around every corner, it just whacked me in the head : It reminded me of the early days of Oskar Blues.

– Dale Katechis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

UK retail destinations suffered post Bank Holiday blues last week, with footfall dropping back by around half of the uplift recorded in the week before, when the school half-term holiday coincided with the Spring bank holiday and amazing weather.

– Diane Wehrle

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah.

– Townes Van Zandt

added by RobertHaigh
2 years ago

One of the biggest triumphs of African-American music is the banjo, the banjo took over the world. That means we helped create America's music. Not blues. Not jazz. America's music, period.

– Rhiannon Giddens

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Getting outside and exercising is a good way of keeping your mood up -- and if you want to beat the blues exercising in nature is a great way to do that.

– Sarita Robinson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It was funny because when Katy Perry first came out I was like,' Oh, it's me ! It's a mini-me. And then, fortunately, Katy Perry got those Katy Perry blues, which was perfect.

– Orlando Bloom

Found on CNN
3 years ago

My template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues it so often is.

– Mick Fleetwood

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled thing.

– Ry Cooder

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

I've listened to blues my whole life. I know it, I play it, I understand it.

– Ry Cooder

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

– Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

They are not quite as important, as iconic, 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' is certainly a major, major song but not in the same league as 'The Times They Are A-Changin'.

– Gary Zimet

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Chipotle has this fierce, fierce sense of independence to them, you're going to hear some some fantastic Ethiopian funk up against a blues tune, up against a Reggae joint. It's really a great mixture.

– Danny Turner

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Coffee with a friend a day keeps the blues away

– Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

added by anonymous
4 years ago

I'd like to give the blue lobster to the St. Louis aquarium out of respect to the St. Louis Blues, who won the championship, to show that Bruins fans have class.

– Nathan Nickerson III almost

Found on CNN
4 years ago

At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured than the day; having hues of the most intense violets, blues and greens. If only you pay attention to it you will see that certain stars are lemon-yellow, others pink or a green, blue and forget-me-not brilliance. And without my expatiating on this theme it is obvious that putting little white dots on the blue-black is not enough to paint a starry sky.”

– Vincent Van Gogh

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

The new book is a pictorial book, which stays very much focused on the beginnings of Fleetwood Mac -- 1967 thought the next eight years -- and it's very much regarding what drove us as young musicians, which was blues, it's really a journey that chronicles all of those early years that are mostly unknown in America.

– Mick Fleetwood

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The last decade of my Marine service is gone, my uniforms, my dress blues, photos of friends that are not with us anymore, it’s all gone.

– Kurt Harris '

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Say you come home with eight shades of blue, lay all the swatches out and compare them to each other. You will start to see the subtle differences between each color. Some of the blues lean toward green or aqua. Some are a denim shade. Some have a funky undertone that you just don’t like at all.

– Your Happy Memories Porter

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The Blues changes the game a little bit, we knew they were going to take more risks. We didn't have to score anymore, so we tried to play a more defensive game.

– Kari Lehtonen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That contributes to this incredible variety of colors you are seeing in these pictures, there are some very deep blues versus very deep yellows.

– Photographer Vincent Laforet

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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