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.
B. B. KINGA day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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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.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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