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. KINGThe 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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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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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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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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