God made Blues right after he made woman.
B. B. KINGWhen you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I don’t like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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