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.
B. B. KINGNobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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The way I feel today, as long as my health is good and I can handle myself well and people still come to my concerts, still buy my CDs, I’ll keep playing until I feel like I can’t.
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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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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 think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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