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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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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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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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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