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.
B. B. KINGI do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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I never use that word, retire.
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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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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