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.
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.
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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 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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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 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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