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The blues is like this. You lay down some night and you turn from one side of the bed to the other: all night long. It's not too cold in that bed, and it ain't too hot. But what's the matter? The blues has got you.

Source: Introduction to his Good Morning Blues, 1959.
-- Huddie Leadbelly Ledbetter, (Jan 29 1889?-1949), US folk and blues singer, songwriter, guitarist; The King Of The 12 String Guitar began his career with the blues singer Blind Lemon Jefferson, but never really achieved true commercial success.

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