The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
B. B. KINGI tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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 try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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