I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGA guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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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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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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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If 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.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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