I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
B. B. KINGEducation is the one thing that no one can take from you.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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 never use that word, retire.
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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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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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