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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Creation God Music Woman
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
The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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Laughter Live Love Music
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 like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Angry Friendship Myself
Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Blood Brother Music Myself
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 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
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
If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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People Song Way Yourself
It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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Hard Work Room Scale Sleep Try
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Death Goodness Time Live Yourself
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Hard Music Person Sing
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Death Music People Problem
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
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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