I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KINGThere’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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.
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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 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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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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