I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
B. B. KINGI gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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 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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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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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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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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Growing 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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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 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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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 wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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