I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a 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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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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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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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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