The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
B. B. KINGNobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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