Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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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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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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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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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I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
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