Willie Dixon quotes

Willie Dixon was an American blues musician, songwriter, and record producer, renowned for his influence on Chicago blues and modern rock music. His songs have been performed by legendary artists such as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Led Zeppelin. He helped shape the sound of twentieth-century blues, leaving an enduring legacy in popular music. Here are 7 of his quotes:

The blues is the roots; everything else is the fruits. (Willie Dixon)

According to Biblical history and all of the history of the world, the blues was built in man from the beginning. The first thing that came out of man is the blues because, according to the Scriptures, when God made man, man was lonesome and blue.

Willie Dixon

I am the blues I am the blues The whole world knows I've been mistreated and misused.

Willie Dixon

That's the reason I always say about music, the blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. Without the roots, you have no fruits so it's better keeping the roots alive because it means better fruits from now on.

Willie Dixon

Some people think they've got religion, they've got the blues.

Willie Dixon

The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.

Willie Dixon

Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.

Willie Dixon

Willie Dixon

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: July 1, 1915
Died: January 29, 1992
Quotes count: 7
Wikipedia: Willie Dixon

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