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.
B. B. KINGI 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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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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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