I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
B. B. KINGWhen I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
More B. B. King Quotes
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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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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 lot of people believe what other people say.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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 do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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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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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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