May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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I never use that word, retire.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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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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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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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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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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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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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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