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.
B. B. KINGWe 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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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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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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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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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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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