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. KINGI’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
More B. B. King Quotes
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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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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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.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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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.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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