I never use that word, retire.
B. B. KINGA day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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