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

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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!

angel wings sweet

When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for... by Buddy Guy

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

dimes chicago found

If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living. by Buddy Guy

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

ifs thinking

Don't be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best... by Buddy Guy

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

being-the-best towns trying

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.

smile music happiness

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.

kind believe way

I'm gonna play something so funky you can smell it by Buddy Guy

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

funky smell play

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop. by Buddy Guy

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.

blues-music retiring musician

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.

drunk drinking thinking

What I do is when I go to the stage I forget about me. by Buddy Guy

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

forget-about-me stage forget

I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else. by Buddy Guy

I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.

listening play

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.'

couple play song

I can't learn nothing from listening to me. That's something I al... by Buddy Guy

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

i-can listening knows

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.

car guitar perfect

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.

here-i-am men years

Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime. by Buddy Guy

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

vacation mouths mind

Blues is like American Express. I don't leave home without it. by Buddy Guy

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

american-express home

The jazz and blues clubs are like the jazz and blues musicians -... by Buddy Guy

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

clubs jazz musician

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.

mad people thinking

When you play the guitar, you don't have to say nothing. The gir... by Buddy Guy

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

guitar girl play