And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
B. B. KINGIt 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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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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 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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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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