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.
B. B. KINGMusic 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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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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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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