Quote #0
I got the blues so bad I could sing a song.
Clifford Odets
About This Quote
A line expressing deep sadness in a way that frames it as something that could be turned into music, using the idiom of “the blues.”
Interpretation
The speaker is saying their sorrow is intense and pervasive—so strong it feels like it naturally becomes a blues song, suggesting pain that is both overwhelming and potentially expressible through art.
