Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
B. B. KINGAlbert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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 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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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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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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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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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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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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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 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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