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.
B. B. KINGYou only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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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 don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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