Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. KINGGrowing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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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 can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
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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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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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