I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
B. B. KINGReligion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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.
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