Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
B. B. KINGIf you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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 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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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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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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