Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B. B. KINGHard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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 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 it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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