A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
B. B. KINGThe 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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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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’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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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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