Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
B. B. KINGThe blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
More B. B. King Quotes
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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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’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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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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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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