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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

B. B. King

Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
B. B. KING

Joint Money Myself Time
I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Feeling Love Passion Performance Show
Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Herself Love Lying Mom
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Guitar One Liner Play Truth
Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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Acceptance Evidence Explanation Natural People Problem Religion Universe
I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Afford Alcohol Myself Wine
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
God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Creation God Music Woman
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Black Foundation Taste Water White
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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Count Missing Myself Play
I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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Day Music Myself People Price Record Stop
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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Beautiful Country Leaving Myself People Scene
I never use that word, retire.
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Myself Retirement Word
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Death Music People Problem
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

I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.

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