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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.

B. B. King

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
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
The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Blood Connection Music Myself
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
I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Children Myself Yourself
I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Angry Friendship Myself
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
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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Cry Guitarist Happy Myself Place Play
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
A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Believe People Talk
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
It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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Instrument Music Myself Play Style Way
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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Death God Leaving Myself Prayer Sleep Stage Way
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
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
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Day Forever Live Myself

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