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.
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’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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 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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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 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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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 don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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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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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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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