A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
B. B. KINGKenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
More B. B. King Quotes
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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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 gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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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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Being a blues singer is like being black two times.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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Music is good for everybody. They say it soothes the savage beast. Well, I think theirs a beast in all of us. So let’s get some more music and soothe all the beasts out there.
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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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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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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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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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