I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
B. B. KINGI don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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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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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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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get 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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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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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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