When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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.
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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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 think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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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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