I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
B. B. KINGI do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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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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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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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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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’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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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