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. KINGI do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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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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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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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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