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.
B. B. KINGIt just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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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 guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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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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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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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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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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