It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
B. B. KINGBeing a blues singer is like being black two times.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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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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I don’t do much recording anymore, but before I really stopped, I was glad to get five, five cent a record. That’s why when I see people today and they complain about what they get, and I picked cotton for $2.50 a day.
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I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.
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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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Religion began as a natural explanation of the universe. The problem started when people refused to accept new evidence.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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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 can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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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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Many people leave the country to see beautiful places. I just look out the window and see some of the most gorgeous scenery ever, right here in the USA.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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