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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.

B. B. King

Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Greatness Guitar Himself World
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
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 it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Knowledge Man Myself Thinking Wisdom
I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Angry Friendship Myself
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
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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Ground Money Place Worry Yourself
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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Beautiful Country Leaving Myself People Scene
Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Friendship Music Myself
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
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
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
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
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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Better Goodness Guitar Himself Music Myself Play
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Hard Music Person Sing
If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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People Song Way Yourself

Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.

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