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. KINGI don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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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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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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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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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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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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