When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
B. B. KINGJazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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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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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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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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