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We are confident that Fred will do an excellent job as General Manager of The Phoenix and under his leadership take The Phoenix to new heights.


Jean B. Clifton

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BILL CARSON
Respect every soul on this SOIL

If you make them toil, there blood will BOIL
<...
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B. B. KING I've been a loner all the time throughout my life... I haven't been the best father... Many ...
B. B. KING Once in a while, the thumb that fits over the neck of the guitar kinda bothers me a little bit, but ...
B. B. KING I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unle...
B. B. KING I've always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn't have to be sung by a person who ...
B. B. KING What don't I want to learn? I have how-to books, history, nature. Ain't nobody here saying, ...
B. B. KING I never use that word, retire.
B. B. KING I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
B. B. KING The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still com...
B. B. KING I'm more careful about my hands than about what I eat and most anything else, because my hands h...
B. B. KING I didn't want to disrespect my parents, so I never played blues around the house. But I knew the...
B. B. KING Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and the...
B. B. KING A lot of people believe what other people say.
B. B. KING If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're ...
B. B. KING I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.
B. B. KING When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace ...
B. B. KING I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
B. B. KING I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
B. B. KING I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
B. B. KING Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blue...
B. B. KING I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. KING The problem is that a lot of the blues stations are late on Saturday night, and like a lot of people...
B. B. KING I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
B. B. KING I have a nice car, a Mercedes. And then I have an old El Camino truck that I'm crazy about. I li...
B. B. KING If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
B. B. KING If there was no ladies, I wouldn't wanna be on the planet. Ladies, friends, and music - without ...
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