There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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I 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.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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