I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
B. B. KINGPlaying guitar is like telling the truth.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I don’t think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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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 was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn’t know how other people would take it.
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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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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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It’s going to be years and years before most people realize how greatly he contributed to American music.
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The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.
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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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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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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 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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I’ve been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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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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