If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
B. B. KINGThere’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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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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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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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I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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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 like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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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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