I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B. B. KINGIf you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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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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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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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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I never use that word, retire.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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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 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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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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