Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
B. B. KINGIt just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
More B. B. King Quotes
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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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 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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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 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 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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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