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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

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
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Black Foundation Taste Water White
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
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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Blue Call Guitar Man Myself Sing
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 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
And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Death Music People Problem
Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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Blue Himself Love Unique
You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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Life Missing Yourself
Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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Family Growth Man Myself Stand Teaching
I never use that word, retire.
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Myself Retirement Word
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
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Hard Music Person Sing
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’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
B. B. KING

Count Missing Myself Play

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