Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
William James "Willie" Dixonwas an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the upright bass and the guitar and as a vocalist, he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific songwriters of his time. Next to Muddy Waters, Dixon is recognized as the most influential person in shaping the post–World War II sound of the Chicago blues...
ProfessionBlues Singer
Date of Birth1 July 1915
CityVicksburg, MS
live-life giving mind
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.
biblical men blue
According to Biblical history and all of the history of the world, the blues was built in man from the beginning. The first thing that came out of man is the blues because, according to the Scriptures, when God made man, man was lonesome and blue.
inspiration past people
I feel like the blues is actually some kind of documentary of the past and the present - and something to give people inspiration for the future.
song feelings understanding
The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, insiration, feeling, and understanding.
song ignorance evil
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.
song soul gold
It could be a spoonful of diamonds, could be a spoonful of gold. Just a little spoon of your precious love satisfies my soul.
mean roots long
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.
roots american-music
The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music.