Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
B. B. KINGThe beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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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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