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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.

B. B. King

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
B. B. KING

Creation Myself Sound
I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
B. B. KING

Myself Perspective Steal Thinking
A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Believe People Talk
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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Audience Kind Myself Night Personality Time
It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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Instrument Music Myself Play Style Way
I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Goodness Horrible Music Myself
Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Black Sing Time
Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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Black Foundation Taste Water White
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.
B. B. KING

Better heavy Myself Play Start Way
I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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Guess Man Myself Name Old
When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
B. B. KING

Mindset Myself Oral Play Sing
The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
B. B. KING

Appreciation Crowd Myself Name People Treat
I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. KING

Blue Call Guitar Man Myself Sing
I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
B. B. KING

Cry Guitarist Happy Myself Place Play
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.
B. B. KING

Happiness Kind Music Sadness Yourself
May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
B. B. KING

Day Forever Live Myself

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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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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