I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KINGMany people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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 don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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 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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