I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
B. B. KINGYou 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 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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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I never use that word, retire.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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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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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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