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.
B. B. KINGI’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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