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B. B. King

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
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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Mindset Myself Oral Play Sing
Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Friendship Music Myself
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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Goodness Music Myself Savage Thinking
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
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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Family Hard Time Hurt Myself Necessary People Possible
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Day Forever Live Myself
I never use that word, retire.
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Myself Retirement Word
God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Creation God Music Woman
I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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Entertainment Myself Sing Try
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
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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Joint Money Myself Time
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
The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Beginning Mom Music Source
I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Afford Alcohol Myself Wine
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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Beautiful Lady Life Myself Start Woman
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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Appreciation Crowd Myself Name People Treat
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
I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Guess Man Myself Name Old
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Hard Music Person Sing
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
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
When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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Death God Leaving Myself Prayer Sleep Stage Way
I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Children Myself Yourself
The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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Laughter Live Love Music
A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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Friendship Guitar Myself Old

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