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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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I'll keep playing until I feel like I can't.B. B. King
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin' too.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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