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!
B. B. KINGI 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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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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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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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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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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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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