There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
B. B. KINGI’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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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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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 like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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