I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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 said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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