It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
B. B. KINGWhen I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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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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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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 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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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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There’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.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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