Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
B. B. KINGWe 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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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I never use that word, retire.
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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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