You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
B. B. KINGI 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!
More B. B. King Quotes
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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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