I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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