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.
B. B. KINGKenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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