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.
B. B. KINGAlbert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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It just seemed to me that the way I played was nice. I could hear it myself.
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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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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you’re doing so.
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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 don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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You only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll.
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I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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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’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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn’t do more.
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I gave you seven children, but now you want to give them back.
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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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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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