I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGElvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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 sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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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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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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