You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
B. B. KINGI don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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 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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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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