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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.

B. B. King

Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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Goodness Music Myself Savage Thinking
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
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Care Idol Play Try Yourself
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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Count Missing Myself Play
God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Creation God Music Woman
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Beautiful Inspirational Learning Motivational Yourself
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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Happiness Kind Music Sadness Yourself
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 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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Connection Emotional Guitar Human
I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Knowledge Man Myself Thinking Wisdom
Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Education Oneself Yourself
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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Mindset Myself Oral Play Sing
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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Acceptance Death Heaven Hypocrisy Irony Journey
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Goodness Horrible Music Myself

The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.

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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.

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