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.
B. B. KINGI’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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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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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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