Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
B. B. KINGGod made Blues right after he made woman.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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 guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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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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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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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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