The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
B. B. KINGI 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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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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