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.
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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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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