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. KINGI 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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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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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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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