It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
B. B. KINGI don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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