Kenny Burrell is overall the greatest guitarist in the world and he’s my favorite.
B. B. KINGI call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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 never use that word, retire.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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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God made Blues right after he made woman.
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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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A guitar is like an old friend that is there with me.
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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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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 guess you can look at me, and tell I’m the old man. My name is BB King.
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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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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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