I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
B. B. KINGIt’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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