I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGI don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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 are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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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