A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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 guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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