Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
B. B. KINGAlbert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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 was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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