Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
B. B. KINGI guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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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 guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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