It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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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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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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