I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
B. B. KINGHard times don’t necessarily mean being poor all the time. I’ve known people that was a part of a family and always feel that the family likes everybody else but them. That hurts and that’s as deep a hurt as you can possibly get.
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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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I can’t afford no liquor, all I can buy is beer and wine.
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I don’t like anybody to be angry with me. I’d rather have friends.
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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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If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you’re going to the bank to borrow money.
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I never use that word, retire.
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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’m no good with chords. I’m horrible with chords.
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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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The blues are three L’s – living , loving and hopefully, laughing.
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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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If you can’t get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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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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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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