Tom Jones Quotes

I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart.

I'm done with industrial. Seriously, my iPod collection at home has no industrial music on it; it's strictly jazz, blues and country.

I was into playing American music, especially the blues.

I like to listen the blues and some classical.

To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while.

I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.

One of my big inspirations was Chuck Berry, and his playing was always about the rhythm and the lyrics. So I've always been that way in my playing, really.

We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.

But my big thing was always the blues.

My first guitar was a Gretsch 6120, and I just loved listening to artists like Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stray Cats.

I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well.

It was the early days of Rock 'n' Roll in this country. We were all struggling to learn music, it might be Country, Jazz, Classical, Blues or even Rock 'n' Roll.

The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around.

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

Metal is still the biggest music now in America.

I've got wide tastes, but I don't like jazz.

I pretty much like all music except for country. I'm not a big fan of country.

I have to have music playing constantly. It creates the tone and mood for anything you are doing. I specifically love rock, and Jimi Hendrix is one of my favorite artists. My favorite song is 'Red House,' because it's heavy on the blues.

I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.

I have to admit, I do not listen to much rock music.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest!

Our repertoire consisted of rhythm and blues, sort of country rhythm and blues, Sonny Terry things.

I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae.

I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.