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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.

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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Care Humiliate Myself Remember
I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Angry Friendship Myself
A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Day Learning Myself Wasted Time
A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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Friendship Guitar Myself Old
God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Creation God Music Woman
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
I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Connection Emotional Guitar Human
If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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Bank Goodness Money People Sing Yourself
We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Care Idol Play Try Yourself
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 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
Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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Acceptance Evidence Explanation Natural People Problem Religion Universe
A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Believe People Talk
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
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
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

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