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.
B. B. KINGAlbert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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 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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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