The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
B. B. KINGA day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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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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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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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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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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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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