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.
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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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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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 don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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