You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
B. B. KINGEducation is the one thing that no one can take from you.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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.
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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 don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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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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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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