The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
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I never use that word, retire.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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