I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B. B. KINGI’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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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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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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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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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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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