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.
B. B. KINGYou never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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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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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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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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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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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.
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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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I never use that word, retire.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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