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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.

B. B. King

I never use that word, retire.
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Myself Retirement Word
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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Appreciation Crowd Myself Name People Treat
Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Blood Brother Music Myself
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Care Idol Play Try Yourself
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Black Foundation Taste Water White
I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Guess Man Myself Name Old
I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Goodness Horrible Music Myself
I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Children Myself Yourself
I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Angry Friendship Myself
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Creation Myself Sound
Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Education Oneself Yourself
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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Hard Work Room Scale Sleep Try
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Greatness Guitar Himself World
When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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Mindset Myself Oral Play Sing
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Death Goodness Time Live Yourself

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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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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