Traditional Blues

Famous quotes containing the words traditional and/or blues:

    In abnormal times like our own, when institutions are changing rapidly in several directions at once and the traditional framework of society has broken down, it becomes more and more difficult to measure any type of behavior against any other.
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    It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive character.
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