I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
B. B. KINGWhen 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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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 don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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