Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
B. B. KINGI never use that word, retire.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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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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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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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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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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