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.
B. B. KINGReligion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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