If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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 don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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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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