I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KINGI’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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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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 look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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