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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.

B. B. King

A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Believe People Talk
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Care Humiliate Myself Remember
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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Entertainment Myself Sing Try
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Hard Music Person Sing
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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Happiness Kind Music Sadness Yourself
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Guitar One Liner Play Truth
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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Animal Help Nature Need Ourselves Planet Protect World
A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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Friendship Guitar Myself Old
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Black Sing Time
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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Connection Guitar Myself Try Voice
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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Bank Goodness Money People Sing Yourself
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
It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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Contribution Himself Music People Realization
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Greatness Guitar Himself World
I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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Divorce Marriage Myself Woman

I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.

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