Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
B. B. KINGThe way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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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 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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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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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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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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