There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
B. B. KINGThe 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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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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