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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.

B. B. King

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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Connection Guitar Myself Try Voice
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
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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Brother College Learning Man Music Myself Play
Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Friendship Music Myself
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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Blue Call Guitar Man Myself Sing
I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Care Humiliate Myself Remember
The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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Laughter Live Love Music
Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Guitar One Liner Play Truth
The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Beginning Mom Music Source
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
Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Expensive Spent Wisdom
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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Appreciation Crowd Myself Name People Treat
Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Hard Music Person Sing
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Black Sing Time
You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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Life Missing Yourself

I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.

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