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.
B. B. KINGJanis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You’ll have to figure that out for yourself!
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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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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.
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