Robert Cray
Robert Cray
Robert Crayis an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band, and had an acclaimed solo career...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBlues Singer
Date of Birth1 August 1953
CityColumbus, GA
CountryUnited States of America
band good great people robert tag
I think that it's a good thing. I think it's great people can't put a tag to it, ... I think what we do is better off being called Robert Cray Band music.
play order able
In order to play jazz, you have to be able to play the blues.
war people greed
I just want people to see what I deem as a war for no reason, but only for greed.
melody
I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody.
guitar notches
She was just another notch on my guitar.
politics lawyer boat
Tell me a boat full of lawyers just sank.
jobs love-life trying
Blues for me is having things not go your way - life, love, job, money, ... It is not about the oppression of my ancestors, who were trying to get back at the overseers. Blues is different for my generation.
song writing thinking
Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we think about doing a cover, but never a covers record. That would be, for us, a concept. We don't want to have a concept!
political age vote
I don't see how anybody cannot be political in this day and age. There's so much going on and you have to be aware and you have to vote. Our lives are political.
fall infidelity midnight
Around midnight I heard them shout unfaithful one and I knew right then the axe was gonna fall. It's because of me.
daughter kings son
Muddy Waters was, like, the king! He had a lot of adopted sons and daughters. I was just happy to be one of them.
italian thai cooks
I cook Italian, Thai and Vietnamese, I've always liked to cook.
style chance copies
All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy.
real flower tired
I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell me anything was better than blues.