Steve Winwood Quotes

British blues was my favorite music, and it still is.

And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right through to Neil Diamond, you know, everybody that was kind of popular who was kind of popular at that time.

Ah, the bond between English boys and California girls. For those of us who aren't either, it's a bond that fascinates and mystifies. So much of the world's favorite music comes out of that relationship.

I think we as a band, as individuals, understand that all popular music stems from blues and jazz and even pop, but rock 'n' roll especially comes from blues.

I don't think of myself as a folk singer per se, but I really like blues and string-band music. When I started listening to records when I was a teenager, the folk boom was going on.

I've always liked acoustic blues. I liked Bob Dylan a lot.

Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion.

My first introduction to pop music was probably the Osmonds, the Jackson 5, the BeeGees... Then the Beatles eventually. My father was pretty specific about what we listened to early on.

I liked the Beatles and all the folk rockers.

I'm a big Bob Dylan fan. I'm also a blues geek.

I have never been one for musicians. I know girls are supposed to go crazy for frontmen who close their eyes when they sing and nod their heads when the drums kick in, but I'm like Shania Twain with that stuff: That don't impress me much. I'll take wit and brains over the ability to carry a tune any day.

A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.

I consider the Stooges to be pop music.

I've grown up with my parents' music tastes, listening to Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones.

I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.

I grew up listening to pop; I grew up listening to '60s pop music, the Beatles, the Monkees, Herman's Hermits and all that stuff. So I had a very strong background of listening to great pop music.

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.

I think it will always be around it just takes one person to make people aware of the blues.

I've always adored my father's music, but ever since I'd started singing, whether it was while I was still a student at the University of Massachusetts or professionally, I avoided Dad's material.

Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love pop music.

I love Eric Clapton.

I like Madonna a lot. I think she's really good, and I think she's a good singer.

I've been a fan of Adele since her first project.

I really liked Stevie Ray Vaughn, so hey - I tried to look like him.