I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KINGSometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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I never use that word, retire.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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