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.
B. B. KINGIf you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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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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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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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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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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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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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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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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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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