It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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.
More B. B. King Quotes
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate 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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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Education is the one thing that no one can take 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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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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