It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
B. B. KINGI 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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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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I never use that word, retire.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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