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.
B. B. KINGGod made Blues right after he made woman.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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