The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
B. B. KINGThere are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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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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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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 don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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