Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
B. B. KINGYou never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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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.
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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.
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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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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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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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