Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
B. B. KINGI wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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