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.
B. B. KINGWe 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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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 don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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