The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
B. B. KINGThere are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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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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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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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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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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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