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. KINGI don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I never use that word, retire.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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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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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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