I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
B. B. KINGI’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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 can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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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 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 don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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