Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
B. B. KINGIt 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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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.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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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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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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 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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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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