Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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 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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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I never use that word, retire.
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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