I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
B. B. KINGJanis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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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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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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