The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
B. B. KINGThere are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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