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.
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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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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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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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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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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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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