Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
B. B. KINGWhen I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
More B. B. King Quotes
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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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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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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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 never use that word, retire.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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