Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B. B. KINGEducation is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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 afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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