Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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 guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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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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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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