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.
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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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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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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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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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