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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

B. B. King

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Creation Myself Sound
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Connection Emotional Guitar Human
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 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
A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Believe People Talk
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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Blue Call Guitar Man Myself Sing
I never use that word, retire.
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Myself Retirement Word
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.
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Family Hard Time Hurt Myself Necessary People Possible
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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Mindset Myself Oral Play Sing
I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Goodness Horrible Music Myself
I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Care Humiliate Myself Remember
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 don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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Feeling Freedom Lunch Myself Pay Responsibility
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
Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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Joint Money Myself Time
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

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