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.
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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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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.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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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’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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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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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