Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
B. B. KINGEducation is the one thing that no one can take from you.
More B. B. King Quotes
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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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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’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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