You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
B. B. KINGI’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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I never use that word, retire.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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