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.
B. B. KINGPlaying guitar is like telling the truth.
More B. B. King Quotes
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I’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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Notes are expensive, spend them wisely.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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Albert King wasn’t my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues.
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The Blues? It’s the mother of American music. That’s what is is – the source.
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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 do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young.
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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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I never use that word, retire.
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You never miss what you’ve never had. I never had any other life. I didn’t know any other life.
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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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I can’t think of anyone I’ve mistreated. I’ve always thought that I am my brother’s keeper. And I believe there’s a ‘great spirit’ that takes care of all of us.
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Ladies, friends, and music – without those three, I wouldn’t wanna be here.
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When you don’t have much money, you worry that they’ll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won’t know where you are.
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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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