I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
B. B. KINGJanis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted 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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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