I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. KINGI don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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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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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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 don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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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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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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I never use that word, retire.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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