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

B. B. King

Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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Joint Money Myself Time
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Friendship Music Myself
I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Children Myself Yourself
I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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Entertainment Myself Sing Try
If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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People Song Way Yourself
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Greatness Guitar Himself World
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
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Believe People Talk
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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Acceptance Death Heaven Hypocrisy Irony Journey
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
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’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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Divorce Marriage Myself Woman
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Beautiful Inspirational Learning Motivational 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
I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Goodness Horrible Music Myself
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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Hard Work Room Scale Sleep Try
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Day Forever Live Myself
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Connection Emotional Guitar Human
Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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Acceptance Evidence Explanation Natural People Problem Religion Universe
I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Knowledge Man Myself Thinking Wisdom
It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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Contribution Himself Music People Realization
I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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Beautiful Lady Life Myself Start Woman
Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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Family Hard Time Hurt Myself Necessary People Possible
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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Bank Goodness Money People Sing Yourself

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