I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGI’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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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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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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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