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.
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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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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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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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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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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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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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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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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I never use that word, retire.
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