We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
B. B. KINGLadies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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A day that I don’t learn something new is a wasted day.
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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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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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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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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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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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I don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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May I live forever. But may you live forever and a day.
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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