A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
B. B. KINGMany 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.
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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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.
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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 are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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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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