I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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 tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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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 don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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 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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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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