I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
B. B. KINGI can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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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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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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When 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.
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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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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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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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You 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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