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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.

B. B. King

I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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Better Goodness Guitar Himself Music Myself Play
I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Angry Friendship Myself
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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Beautiful Lady Life Myself Start Woman
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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Brother College Learning Man Music Myself Play
I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Care Humiliate Myself Remember
I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Children Myself Yourself
When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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Ground Money Place Worry Yourself
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Guitar One Liner Play Truth
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Creation Myself Sound
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
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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Mindset Myself Oral Play Sing
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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Bank Goodness Money People Sing Yourself
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Connection Emotional Guitar Human
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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Children Myself Play Reach Start Time Young
I never use that word, retire.
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Myself Retirement Word
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Day Forever Live Myself

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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