Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
B. B. KINGI don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
More B. B. King Quotes
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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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.
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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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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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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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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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