Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
B. B. KINGI’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 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.
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When 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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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 guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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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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