It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
B. B. KINGGrowing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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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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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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