Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. KINGThere are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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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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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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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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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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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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