I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
B. B. KINGNobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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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’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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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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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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