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.
B. B. KINGI 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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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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