Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
B. B. KINGBeing a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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 never use that word, retire.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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