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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

A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Hard Music Person Sing
Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Friendship Music Myself
I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Angry Friendship Myself
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
The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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Appreciation Crowd Myself Name People Treat
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Death Music People Problem
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Black Sing Time
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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Goodness Music Myself Savage Thinking
I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Care Humiliate Myself Remember
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
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
I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Feeling Love Passion Performance Show
There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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Happiness Kind Music Sadness Yourself
Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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Blue Himself Love Unique
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

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