I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
B. B. KINGNobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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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 like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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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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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 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 think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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