I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGI call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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I don’t think it’s meant for man to know everything at once.
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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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven’t yet done.
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The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don’t know how much I appreciate it.
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I’ve said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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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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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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 don’t try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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