Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
B. B. KINGWe 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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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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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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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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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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 don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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 thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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