God made Blues right after he made woman.
B. B. KINGI wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
More B. B. King Quotes
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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