Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
B. B. KINGLadies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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 don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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