The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
B. B. KINGA lot of people believe what other people say.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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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 don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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 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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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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I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
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