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George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues and has influenced eminent guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck and John Mayer. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a house guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with the harmonica player Junior Wells.

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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.

Blues, Club, Here I Am, Men, Story, Years

Blues musicians don't retire. They drop.

Blues Music, Drop, Musician, Musicians, Retire, Retiring

I learn everything I play by listening to somebody else.

Everything, Learn, Listening, Play, Somebody

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.

Needs, Play, Said, Used, Water, Waters

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

American, American Express, Blues, Home, Leave

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

Disc, Jockeys, Play, Record, Records, Saying

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.

Blues, Drinking, Drunk, Thinking

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

Blues, Ifs, Keep, Living, Think, Thinking

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

Mind, Mouths, Overtime, Vacation, Working

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

Already, I Can, Know, Knows, Learn, Listening

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

Forget, Forget About Me, Stage

I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.

Attention, Pay, Pay Attention, Said

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

Chicago, Dime, Dimes, Found, Looking

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!

Having, Husband, Life, Money, People, Wife

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.

Guitar, Look, Make, Man, Men, Play

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, Sad, Sweet, Wings

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

Funky, Gonna, Play, Smell

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.

Love, Mad, Make, Moment, People, Thinking

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

Being The Best, Come, Town, 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.

Happiness, Happy, Missed, Music, Smile

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