Call me a hopeless romantic if you wish, but I am wholeheartedly in love with the blues.

NPR: Young People and the Future of the Blues

Roe's first pick is from the blues genre and reflects his love of the water and the animals that live in it.

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My grandmother introduced me to the love of my life, the blues.

NPR: Young People and the Future of the Blues

You see, I can't seem to find my love anywhere, except at the occasional blues festival.

NPR: Young People and the Future of the Blues

Mr. MILTON CAMPBELL (Blues Artist): (Singing) If I don't love you, baby, grits ain't grocery, eggs ain't poultry and Mona Lisa was a man.

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His own windows, at St Cadoc's chapel in Cowbridge in South Wales, or in the Church of Sts Peter and Paul at Great Somerford in Wiltshire, showed a love of blocks of pure colour carefully contained within thick, angular leads, especially glowing blues and rich reds: the medieval way of glass.

ECONOMIST: Michael Lassen

How can one possibly claim to love rock 'n' roll, rap, country, without knowing and loving their mother, the blues?

NPR: Young People and the Future of the Blues