Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
B. B. KINGI do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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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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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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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.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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