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.
B. B. KINGGod made Blues right after he made woman.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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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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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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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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I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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I was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry, he could cut you so deep!
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