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Willie Dixon

singer-songwriter, blues musician, record producer, boxer, recording artist, music arranger

1915  – 1992

William James Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but 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.

All Quotes by Willie Dixon

“I am the bluesI've been mistreated and misused.”
— Willie Dixon
“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.”
— Willie Dixon
“That's the reason I always say about music, the blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. Without the roots, you have no fruits so it's better keeping the roots alive because it means better fruits from now on.”
— Willie Dixon
“The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.”
— Willie Dixon