I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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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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