I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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