The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
B. B. KINGI don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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 don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take 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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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