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.
B. B. KINGThere are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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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 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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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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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