I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
B. B. KINGI tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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.
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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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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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