I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGEducation is the one thing that no one can take from you.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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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.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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