The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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