It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
B. B. KINGEverybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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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.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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