Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
B. B. KINGNobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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 only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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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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