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.
B. B. KINGThe 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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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