It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
B. B. KINGPlaying guitar is like telling the truth.
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Growing 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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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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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 look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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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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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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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.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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