I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. KINGThe blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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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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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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