Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B. B. KINGThere’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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