We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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More B. B. King Quotes
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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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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It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales.
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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 don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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 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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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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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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The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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