Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
B. B. KINGThe crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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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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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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I never use that word, retire.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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