Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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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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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy’s playing blues like we play, he’s in high school. When he starts playing jazz it’s like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.
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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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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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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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