I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
B. B. KINGWe all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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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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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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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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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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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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