I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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 look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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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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