I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
B. B. KINGThe blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Many 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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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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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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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