I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
B. B. KINGI’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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.
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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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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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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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