I agree originality is what you want to shoot for but until you get there you still gotta steel or borrow licks from where ever or who ever and there is nothing wrong with that. I never could play the exact licks of these great players but I just figured out what area of the neck they were in and just played it the way I thought it was played. I'm not sure thats being original but I know its a lot easier to remember since it was my way.