I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
B. B. KINGMay I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
More B. B. King Quotes
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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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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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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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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