When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
B. B. KINGI 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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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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 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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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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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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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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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’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.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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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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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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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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