I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B. B. KINGIf 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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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