The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
B. B. KINGI’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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I never use that word, retire.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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