The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
B. B. KINGNotes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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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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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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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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 beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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 call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an’ my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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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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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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