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.
B. B. KINGA day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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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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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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