I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
B. B. KINGThe Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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