God made Blues right after he made woman.
B. B. KINGThe blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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