I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KINGI 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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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 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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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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