I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
B. B. KINGGod made Blues right after he made woman.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, And she could be jivin’ too.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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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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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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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good – he’s rock’s #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us.
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I’ve always liked ladies all my life. I guess it started with my mom. So every time I saw a pretty lady, I thought, she’s pretty.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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Hard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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