A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
B. B. KINGI don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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 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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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 sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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