Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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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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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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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 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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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Hard 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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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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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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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I never use that word, retire.
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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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