And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
B. B. KINGI never use that word, retire.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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When I was young, I didn’t play like I do today. So these kids are starting at the height that I’ve reached. Think what they might do over time.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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