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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.

B. B. King

The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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Children Love Music People Problem See Shame Yourself
The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Beginning Mom Music Source
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
I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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Believe Care Greatness Ourselves Thinking Treat
The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Blood Connection Music Myself
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Black Sing Time
Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Education Oneself Yourself
Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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Family Growth Man Myself Stand Teaching
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
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
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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Life Missing Yourself
I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Goodness Horrible Music Myself
I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Knowledge Man Myself Thinking Wisdom
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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Brother College Learning Man Music Myself Play
I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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Audience Kind Myself Night Personality Time
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Death Music People Problem

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