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. KINGThere’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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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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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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I never use that word, retire.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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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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