I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
B. B. KINGIt’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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