31 Quotes by Willie Dixon

The world has made everything else and still it can't make peace. And the reason it can't make peace is because of the evil, ignorance and stupidity. I have songs that explain these facts. And that's the blues.

It could be a spoonful of diamonds, could be a spoonful of gold. Just a little spoon of your precious love satisfies my soul.

The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues.

A bad rendition of you is better than a good rendition of somebody else.

The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.

I see you watching me like a hawk. I don’t mind about the things you talk. But if you touch me something’s got to give. I live the life I love and I love the life I live.

The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It’s better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues.

People have been brainwashed into believing that it’s got to be down or it wouldn’t be blues. But it’s not so. It’s got to be a fact or it wouldn’t be blues.

I don’t want you to cook my bread, I don’t want you to make my bed. I don’t want you to because I’m sad and blue, I just want to make love to you.