The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
B. B. KINGI don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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 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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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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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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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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