I never use that word, retire.
B. B. KINGReligion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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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 blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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