I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
B. B. KINGI 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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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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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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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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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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