God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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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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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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