It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
B. B. KINGI’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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