You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
B. B. KINGNotes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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Water from the white fountain didn’t taste any better than from the black fountain.
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I 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.
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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Playing guitar is like telling the truth.
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Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
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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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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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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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I’d rather be B.B. King. That’s the way I started. Let the heavy metal guys play heavy metal, let the others play the other … I try to do what I do better, not get away from it.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I’d go back next Saturday.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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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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