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!
B. B. KINGIt just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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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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I never use that word, retire.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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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’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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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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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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