Buddy Guy Quotes

• If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living.

  Buddy Guy

  Thinking, Ifs

  "Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Eric Clapton and B.B. King Honor Buddy Guy". www.whereseric.com. March 15, 2005.

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• It's kind of hard to keep going sometimes but you just have to believe in what you are and what you can do and that's the way to success.

  Buddy Guy

  Believe, Way, Kind

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• Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.

  Buddy Guy

  Musician, Retiring, Blues Music

  "Buddy Guy: ‘Blues Musicians Don’t Retire, They Drop’". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. April 6, 2012.

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• They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads her wings,' that don't sound too sad to me!

  Buddy Guy

  Sweet, Angel, Wings

  FaceBook post by Buddy Guy from Aug 23, 2013

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• When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.

  Buddy Guy

  Chicago, Dimes, Found

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• I'm gonna play something so funky you can smell it

  Buddy Guy

  Play, Smell, Funky

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• I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.

  Buddy Guy

  Happiness, Smile, Music

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• Don't be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best come around.

  Buddy Guy

  Trying, Towns, Being The Best

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• Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it.

  Buddy Guy

  Home, American Express

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• I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.

  Buddy Guy

  Play, Listening

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

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• I love what I'm doing. And the world is so mad at everybody. If I do something to make people smile, I'm going to say, I got you. For that moment, if it don't last, I made you forget about the other thing you might have been thinking about.

  Buddy Guy

  Thinking, People, Mad

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• If you don't think you've got the blues, just keep living, and if you don't think you're drunk, just keep drinking what you're drinking.

  Buddy Guy

  Drinking, Thinking, Drunk

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• I can't learn nothing from listening to me. That's something I already know.

  Buddy Guy

  Listening, Knows, I Can

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

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• Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime.

  Buddy Guy

  Vacation, Mind, Mouths

  Song: Your Mind Is On Vacation

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• What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me.

  Buddy Guy

  Forget, Stage, Forget About Me

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

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• Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, 'You play blues. That music is so sad.' I gave them tickets to the show, and they came up afterwards and said, 'You didn't play one sad song.'

  Buddy Guy

  Song, Couple, Play

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• So here I am - a 75-year-old man sitting on a bar stool in a blues club, trying to figure out exactly how I got here. Any way you look at it, it's a helluva story.

  Buddy Guy

  Men, Years, Here I Am

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• Someone told me once that blues is like whiskey. They keep whiskey in the barrel for so many years, and then they talk about how well it's aged. But I don't think that goes for him. I think this young man has just stepped in there sayin', 'I'm gonna prove you all wrong.' I think he's like a watermelon, man. He's ripe.

  Buddy Guy

  Men, Thinking, Years

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• Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles.

  Buddy Guy

  Guitar, Perfect, Car

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• Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!

  Buddy Guy

  Husband, People, Wife

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• The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians - they're disappearing.

  Buddy Guy

  Musician, Clubs, Jazz

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

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• They just said, 'Roll the tape.' No rehearsal or nothing... Muddy [Waters] didn't come in and say 'I wanna rehearse.' He used to look at me and say 'Let's just play the blues. That's all you need to do.

  Buddy Guy

  Play, Water, Rehearsal

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• When you play the guitar, you don't have to say nothing. The girls would say something to you.

  Buddy Guy

  Girl, Guitar, Play

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• Even the disc jockeys are saying, if I play your record, I made you. You got to play for me free.

  Buddy Guy

  Play, Jockeys, Records

  "Buddy Guy: 'Blues Musicians Don’t Retire, They Drop'". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. April 6, 2012.

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• I didn't look up and say, "Oh, man, if I learn how to play a guitar I could make not much money, but I'd make a decent living like Eric Clapton or somebody." There wasn't nothing like that out there.

  Buddy Guy

  Men, Play, Guitar

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

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