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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.

B. B. King

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.
B. B. KING

Beautiful Lady Life Myself Start Woman
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
B. B. KING

Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
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.
B. B. KING

Family Growth Man Myself Stand Teaching
The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
B. B. KING

Laughter Live Love Music
When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
B. B. KING

Mindset Myself Oral Play Sing
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.
B. B. KING

Believe Care Greatness Ourselves Thinking Treat
The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
B. B. KING

Children Love Music People Problem See Shame Yourself
I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
B. B. KING

Connection Guitar Myself Try Voice
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.
B. B. KING

Better heavy Myself Play Start Way
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!
B. B. KING

Cry Guitarist Happy Myself Place Play
I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
B. B. KING

Angry Friendship Myself
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.
B. B. KING

Feeling Good Health Myself People Way
Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
B. B. KING

Blue Himself Love Unique
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.
B. B. KING

Audience Kind Myself Night Personality Time
It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
B. B. KING

Contribution Himself Music People Realization
Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
B. B. KING

Beautiful Country Leaving Myself People Scene

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