Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
B. B. KINGI don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
More B. B. King Quotes
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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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.
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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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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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I never use that word, retire.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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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 do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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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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