It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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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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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