Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
B. B. KINGMusic is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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