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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.

B. B. King

If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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People Song Way Yourself
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Death Music People Problem
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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Children Love Music People Problem See Shame Yourself
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Angry Friendship Myself
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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Audience Kind Myself Night Personality Time
You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Death Goodness Time Live Yourself
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Black Sing Time
I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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Feeling Freedom Lunch Myself Pay Responsibility
Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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Family Growth Man Myself Stand Teaching
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Care Idol Play Try Yourself
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Connection Emotional Guitar Human
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
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Beautiful Inspirational Learning Motivational Yourself
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

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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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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