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.
B. B. KINGLadies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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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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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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