The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
B. B. KINGIt’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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